The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year. ~
Mark Twain
April Fools' Day
is celebrated in different countries around the world on
April 1
every year. Sometimes referred to as
All Fools' Day
, April 1 is not a
national holiday
, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when many people play all kinds of
jokes
and foolishness. The day is marked by the commission of good-humoured or otherwise funny jokes,
hoaxes
, and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, work associates, etc.
- Alphabetized by author or source
- When you want to fool the world, tell the
truth
.
- Otto von Bismarck
(born 1 April 1815), as quoted in
American Speaker : Your Guide to Successful Speaking
(1992) by Aram Bakshian.
- The first of April, some do say
Is set apart for All Fools' Day;
But why the people call it so,
Nor I, nor they themselves, do know.
- Poor Robin's Almanac
(1760), "All Fools' Day".
- Dzie? pierwszy kwietnia, tak zwany
prima aprilis
(
prima
znaczy po łacinie dzie?,
aprilis
? bzdura), jest jedynym dniem w całym roku, kiedy p?dz?ce ku wio?nie ?ywioły, my?li, słowa i zmysły obchodz? szalony, obł?kany karnawał i korzystaj?c z tradycyjnego przywileju puszczaj? si? na kosmiczne ?arty, mi?dzyplanetarne awantury, niespodzianki rozp?tanego chaosu i tryumfuj?c? bzdur? zadaj? na ka?dym kroku kłam ustalonemu porz?dkowi rzeczy!
- Translation: The first day of April, also known as
Prima Aprilis
(from Latin
prima
, day;
aprilis
, humbug), is the only day of the year when elements, thoughts, words, and senses, all rushing towards springtime, observe a crazy, mad carnival and thanks to a traditional privilege abandon themselves to
cosmic pranks, interplanetary riot, surprises of unleashed chaos
, when at every step triumphant drivel flies in the face of the usual order of things!
- Antoni Słonimski
and
Julian Tuwim
, in
W oparach absurdu
[In the Fumes of Absurd] (in Polish), 1958.
- The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.
- Mark Twain
, as quoted in
Quick and Fun Activities for Every Day of the Year
(2001) by Tim Tuck and Karen Froloff, p. 1.
