Famous Last Words

About Famous Last Words

Inception: 1961

Notable quotes

“يام السرور التي صفت لي دون تكدير في مدة سلطاني، يوم كذا من شهر كذا من سنة كذا فعدت تلك الأيام فوجدت أربعة عشر يومًا (Yam al-surur alati sifat li dun takdir fi mudat sultani, yawm kadha min shahr kadha min sunat kadha fa'idat tilk al-ayām fawajadat 'arba'at 'ashar yawman.)”
— Translation: In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot... they amount to fourteen!
“I am guilty. My sentence is just: I deserve my fate. And may God have mercy on my soul.”
— Who: William Corder, moments before he was hanged on August 11, 1828, for the murder of Maria Marten at the Red Barn.
“Are the doctors here? Doctor, my lungs...”
— Who: Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States. He died of pneumonia.
“Perdono a todos y pido a todos que me perdonen y que mi sangre, que está a punto de ser vertida, se derrame para el bien de este país. Voy a morir por una causa justa, la de la independencia y libertad de México. ¡Que mi sangre selle las desgracias de mi nueva patria! ¡Viva México!”
— Translation: I forgive everyone, beg that everyone forgives me as well, and wish that my blood, that is going to be shed now, will benefit the country. Long live Mexico!
“תמות נפשי עם־פלשתים (Tamot nafshi im-pelishtim)”
— Translation: Let me die with the Philistines!
“Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen? Sich fügen heißt lügen. Wenn es einen Gott gibt, muß er mich um Verzeihung bitten.”
— Translation: My god, why have you forsaken me? To bend means to lie. If there is a god, he must ask me forgiveness.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.