traue keiner Statistik, die du nicht selbst gefälscht hast

== German == === Etymology === 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 === traue keiner Statistik, die du nicht selbst gefälscht hast always take statistics with a grain of salt === Further reading === Traue keiner Statistik, die du nicht selbst gefälscht hast on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de