Which author is erroneously credited with the quote: "No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot"?

Mark Twain was the famous author who was erroneously credited with the quote: "No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot". Mark Twain, who lived from 1835 to 1910, wrote several very famous novels. His best-known novels are 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' (1876) and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' (1885), based on the adventures of young boys on the Mississippi River.

During his life, Twain performed as an author, journalist, and humorist. He was born Samuel Clemens on November 30, 1835, and is regarded as one of America’s most famous writers. Besides his novels, his travelogue, 'The Innocents Abroad' (1869) was a best-seller and the semi-autobiographical, 'Roughing it' (1872), was a major success. Since his death in 1910, Twain's writings have been translated into at least 72 languages.

Regarding the above quote, based on very credible evidence from The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, which was the author’s home from 1874 to 1891, and with key efforts of experts who today aim to assist in the teaching of Twain’s “life and works”, it has now been found that the attribution of the quote: "No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot" to Mark Twain is not true. It is false.