Alphonse Allais

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Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais (October 20, 1854 – October 28, 1905), born as A Honfleur, Calvados, was a French writer and humorist.

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  • "Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank."
Simple: What coffee does is this: it puts you to sleep when you don't drink it.
  • "Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime."
Simple: Studies show that the number of people who die each year in the army is a higher number during a war.

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