The Avant-dernières pensées (Penultimate Thoughts) is a 1915 piano composition by Erik Satie. The last of his humoristic piano suites of the 1910s, it was premiered by the composer at the Galerie Thomas in Paris on May 30, 1916, and published that same year. A typical performance lasts 3–4 minutes.
| Original Name | Avant-dernières pensées |
| Date of composition | 1915 |
| Premiered | 1916, May 30th (Galerie Thomas) in Paris, France |
| First published | 1916 |
| Dedicated to | Claude Debussy |
| Dedicated to | Paul Dukas; Albert Roussel |
| Approx. duration | 4 minutes |
| Instruments | Piano |
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