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There are three kinds of lies - Lies, damned lies, and statistics.

— Samuel Langhorne Clemens

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  2. The minority is always in the right. The majority is always in the wrong.
  3. Golf is a good walk spoiled.
  4. Warm summer sun, shine kindly here; Warm southern wind, blow softly here; Green sod above, lie light, lie light - Good-night, dear heart, g…
  5. Tomorrow is the yesterday of two days from now.
  6. Wagner's music is better than it sounds.
  7. I'm sorry this letter is so long, but I did not have time to make it shorter.
  8. In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.

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Topics in this quote

  • truth
  • critical thinking
  • logic
  • data
  • misinformation
  • statistics

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