![]() ![]() What Mark Twain did say: “ was endowed with a stupidity which by the least little stretch would go around the globe four times and tie.” 8. “It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.” What Mark Twain did say: “Yes, even I am dishonest. It is thanks to Twain, however, that the saying became popular in the U.S. Twain himself denied inventing this quote, and claimed Benjamin Disraeli was the one who created it (though that is likely incorrect, too). “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” What Mark Twain did say: “Cold! If the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd all have frozen to death.” 6. ![]() “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” What Mark Twain did say: “We write frankly and fearlessly but then we ‘modify’ before we print.” 5. This line was actually written by Blaise Pascal. “I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.” I don't know who makes that, but I think it must be raw apprentices in the weather-clerk's factory who experiment and learn how, in New England, for board and clothes, and then are promoted to make weather for countries that require a good article, and will take their custom elsewhere if they don't get it.” What Mark Twain did say: “I reverently believe that the Maker who made us all makes everything in New England but the weather. ![]() “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” What Mark Twain did say: “A successful book is not made of what is in it, but of what is left out of it.” 3. What Mark Twain did say: “Never put off till to-morrow what you can do day after to-morrow just as well.” 2. This quote has also been attributed to Agatha Christie, though neither source can be verified as the author of this line. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” Here are 10 quotes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn author likely never uttered (despite popular belief). Mark Twain provided us with some of the best quips of all-time-but he's also one of the most misquoted people who ever lived. ![]()
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