traue keiner Statistik, die du nicht selbst gefälscht hast
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Literally, “do not believe any statistic that you haven't forged yourself”. While commonly attributed to Winston Churchill, there is no proof and the proverb is completely unheard of in the English-speaking world. It was later hypothesized that the mistaken attribution was intentionally created as Nazi propaganda to discredit Churchill. The first use of this proverb is attested in 1946.
Proverb
[edit]traue keiner Statistik, die du nicht selbst gefälscht hast
- always take statistics with a grain of salt
Further reading
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Traue keiner Statistik, die du nicht selbst gefälscht hast on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
