"Figures often beguile me," Twain wrote, "particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'" [1]

Mark Twain (1906-09-07). "Chapters from My Autobiography". North American Review 186. Project Gutenberg.