Well, according to research done in the U.S. Library of Congress’ book Respectfully Quoted, Twain saying this “just ain’t so.”
As Forbes and others have reported, the phrase should be attributed to a Josh Billings book called Everybody’s Friend from 1874.
In saying this, I am not trying point fingers at anyone and I’m certainly not knocking Mr. Twain.
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