Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Mark Twain
Tatsachen muss man kennen, bevor man sie verdrehen kann.
In 1728, the philosopher Voltaire got rich by outsmarting the lottery. When the French government accidentally created a raffle where the prize money was significantly larger than the cost of all the tickets combined, Voltaire and his friend formed a syndicate, bought all the tickets and won.
