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@Dianora There's no evidence that Twain ever said this, which should be taken as he did not say it until proven otherwise. The lack of evidence is confirmed by:

:
snopes.com/fact-check/did-mark

Quote investigator:
quoteinvestigator.com/2020/12/

And most importantly by the Mark Twain Project, as cited by Snopes.

There are so many fake or misattributed floating around the web, a cottage industry of websites generating like this one in fact. It's only going to get worse with these damn generating more garbage.

Snopes · Did Mark Twain Say 'It's Easier to Fool People Than to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled'?While the quote "it's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled" is often attributed to Mark Twain, there's no evidence that the author actually wrote or spoke this phrase.