Alphonse Allais Quotes

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Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.

Alphonse Allais

Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank.

Alphonse Allais

Do not put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

Variant translation: "Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well"

Alphonse Allais

First communion of chlorotic young girls in the snow.

Alphonse Allais

To leave is to die a little, but to die is to leave a lot.

Alphonse Allais

There is no mystery about the authorship of Shakespeare's plays. They were not written by Shakespeare at all. They were all written by a total stranger, about whom all we know is that he was called Shakespeare.

Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais

Born: October 20, 1854

Died: October 28, 1905 (aged 51)

Bio: Alphonse Allais was a French writer and humorist, who was born in Honfleur, Calvados and who died in Paris.

Known for:

À se tordre
The world of Alphonse Allais
L'Affaire Blaireau (1899)
The Squadron's Umbrella
Album primo-avrilesque (1897)

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