Famous last words- "Is it the Fourth?"
- Who: Thomas Jefferson
- Jefferson died on July 4, 1826. This was the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the American , which was written mostly by Thomas Jefferson.
- "Thomas Jefferson... still survives..."
- Who: John Adams
- John Adams died on July 4, 1826. Thomas Jefferson, had died just a few hours earlier. Some depictions of Adams' final words indicate he might have not expressed the entire statement before dying, ie: "Thomas Jefferson… still survi— ".
- "Bugger Bognor."
- "Die, my dear doctor, that's the last thing I shall do!"
- "I have a terrible headache."
- "I'm all right."
- "Ich bin Heinrich Himmler."
- Who:
- Translation: "I'm Heinrich Himmler."
- "Je m'en vais chercher un grand peut-être."
- "Mehr Licht."
- Who:
- Translation: "More light."
- "Minä elän."
- Who:
- Translation: "I'm alive." (or equally: "I live.")
- "Mon Dieu, mon Dieu, ayez pitié de mon âme et de ce pauvre peuple"
- Who: William the Silent
- Translation: "My Lord, my Lord, have pity upon my soul and this poor people"
- "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go."
- Who: Oscar Wilde
- Notes: Mr. Wilde said this in the Left Bank hotel where he died on November 30 1900, the wallpaper has since been removed and the room re-furnished in the style of one of Mr. Wilde's London flats.
- Puto deus fio
- Translation: "[Dear me!] I think I'm turning into a God..."
- Who: , Roman emperor
- Source:
- Notes: And indeed, Vespasian was deified after his death
- "Put out the light."
- "Stay back, this could hurt someone."
- Who: , former treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Notes: When saying this, Dwyer was brandishing the handgun with which he shot himself in the head moments later.
- "Such is life."
- "Strike the Tent"
- "Thank God I have done my duty"
- "The nourishment is palatable."
- Who: Former US President
- Notes: This was his response when his physician inquired about his food.
- "Turn up the lights —I don't want to go home in the dark."
- Who: O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), June 5, 1910
- "Tvert imot!"
- Who: Henrik Ibsen
- Translation: "On the contrary!"
- Notes: This was his answer to the nurse who said she thought he looked better than usual. (Just before he died.)
- "Wait a minute..."
- "Mehr nicht mehr."
- "Hey Ram!..."
- Translation: This may be translated as "Oh, God!", but is more equivalent to "Amen".
- Who: Mahatma Gandhi
- "Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees"
- "Was ist mit mir geschehen?"
- Translation: "What happened with me?"
- Who:
- "Es ist gar nichts!"
- Translation: "It's nothing"
- Who:
- "Dêem-me café, vou escrever!"
- Translation: "Give me coffee, I´m going to write"
- Who:Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet
- "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."
- "Why not?"
- "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."
- These were among the final words of General John Sedgwick, Union Commander in the U.S. Civil War, who was hit by sniper fire a few minutes after saying them, at the battle of Spotsylvania, on May 9, 1864. They are often portrayed as if they were absolutely his last statement, the sentence often being presented as if he did not even finish it, and altered into the form: "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...". Though this may be a slightly more striking version of events, it simply is not true. - (External link: Death of General John Sedgwick)
- "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? " (God, God, why have you foresaken me?)
- "I am thirsty."
- "It is finished." (In one account this is followed by "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.")
See also Epitaphs. |