The last word of the executed Beria was short: “Beasts!”
“Burn does not mean refute!” – the dying words of Giordano Bruno.
"Stalin will come!" – the dying words of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.
The dying words attributed to Pavlov: “Academician Pavlov is busy. He is dying".
Peter the Great did not make a will regarding the heir. Dying, he ordered paper and a pen to be given, but he could only write: “Give everything...” - which gave rise to a long period of unrest and a struggle for power.
Lenin died with his mind darkened. He asked the table and chairs for forgiveness for his sins.
Count Leo Tolstoy said before his death: “I would like to hear the gypsies - and I don’t need anything else!”
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov before leaving for better world, asked for champagne, tasted it and said with a happy look: “It’s been a while since I drank champagne.” Then he lay down on the sofa and said in German: “Ich sterbe” - “I’m dying.” He died as a true doctor, stating the fact of the death of his patient, which in this case was himself.
Pushkin’s last words were said in French: “I must put my house in order” - “Il faut que je derange ma maison.”
The great Russian thinker Vasily Vasilyevich Rozanov. A completely different situation. 1919 Russia is engulfed in the nightmare of revolution and civil war. A hungry writer and philosopher, who created books that will be studied by posterity, is unable to think about the eternal and great before his death and mutters only one thing: “Bread and butter! Sour cream!
Nicholas I, the mighty Tsar whom ungrateful descendants will be remembered only as “Nikolai Palkin.” Knowing that his days were numbered, he, having received the Holy Mysteries, valiantly endured severe pain, and when his son Alexander was brought to him, he finally said: “Learn to die. Keep them all in your fist! He could not know that the death of his son would be terrible - Alexander II, who was blown up by a terrorist, would be brought to Winter Palace with his legs torn off, bleeding and unconscious.
The famous English surgeon Joseph Green, dying, measured his pulse as a doctor's habit. “The pulse is gone,” he managed to say before his death.
Beethoven's last words on March 26, 1827 were: “Applaud, friends, the comedy is over.”
Winston Churchill towards the end was very tired of life and left for another world with the following phrase: “How tired I am of all this!”
Alexandre Dumas: “So I won’t know how it all ends.”
Alexander Blok: “Russia ate me like a stupid pig of its own.”
Saltykov-Shchedrin: “Is that you, fool?”
Queen Marie Antoinette, climbing the scaffold, stumbled and stepped on the executioner’s foot: “Please forgive me, monsieur, I did it by accident.”
Before his death, Balzac remembered one of his literary heroes, the skilled physician Bianchon, and said: “He would have saved me.”
Mata Hari blew a kiss to the soldiers aiming at her with the words: “I’m ready, boys.”
Yagoda, People's Commissar of the NKVD, said before his death: “There must be a God. He is punishing me for my sins."
Julius Caesar
In 44 BC, the Republicans, not wanting Caesar to turn the Roman Republic into a monarchy, conspired. Gaius Julius Caesar was stabbed to death. Seeing his friend among the conspirators, the wounded Caesar stopped resisting and said: "And you Brute!" According to another version, the phrase was different and contained more regret than indignation: “Even you, my child, Brutus? “The most common version of the phrase is used in the play “Julius Caesar” written by William Shakespeare. Today this popular expression pronounced when they want to point out the betrayal of a friend.
On January 27, 1837, Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin was mortally wounded in a duel with Dantes. After being wounded, Pushkin lived for another 2 days, experiencing severe pain. The poet was dying at home. Next to him was I. T. Spassky and Vladimir Ivanovich Dal, who kept a medical history diary. Thanks to this diary, Pushkin’s last words are known:
The pulse began to drop and soon disappeared completely, and the hands began to get cold. It struck two o'clock in the afternoon, January 29, and there was only three quarters of an hour of life left in Pushkin. The cheerful spirit still retained its power; occasionally only half-asleep, oblivion for a few seconds clouded my thoughts and soul. Then the dying man several times gave me his hand, squeezed it and said: “Well, lift me up, let’s go, higher, higher, well, let’s go.” Having come to his senses, he told me: “I dreamed that I was climbing high on these books and shelves with you and my head was spinning.” Once or twice he looked closely at me and asked: “Who is this, you?” "I am, my friend." “What is it,” he continued, “I couldn’t recognize you.” A little later, he again, without opening his eyes, began to look for my hand and, holding it out, said: “Well, let’s go, please, together!” I approached V.A. Zhukovsky and gr. Vielgorsky and said: he’s leaving! Pushkin opened his eyes and asked for pickled cloudberries; when they brought her, he said clearly: “Call your wife, let her feed me.” Natalia Nikolaevna knelt down at the head of the dying man, brought him a spoon, then another, and pressed her face to her husband’s forehead. Pushkin stroked her head and said: “Well, nothing, thank God, everything is fine.”
Friends and neighbors silently surrounded the head of the departing one; I, at his request, took him under the arms and lifted him higher. He suddenly seemed to wake up, quickly opened his eyes, his face cleared up, and he said: “Life is over!” I didn’t hear enough and asked quietly: “What’s over?” “Life is over,” he answered clearly and positively. “It’s hard to breathe, it’s crushing,” were his last words. All the local calm spread throughout the body; the hands were cold up to the shoulders, the toes, feet and knees as well; the jerky, rapid breathing changed more and more into slow, quiet, drawn-out breathing; one more weak, barely noticeable sigh and an immense, immeasurable abyss separated the living from the dead. He died so quietly that those present did not notice his death.
Nostradamus
Today, the name of this doctor, astrologer and predictor of the 15th century has become a household name. He predicted the death of Henry II at the tournament. They wanted to burn him for this. However, he was saved by Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France. Catherine has always been attracted by an interest in the occult and everything unusual. The queen had seven children. Nostradamus predicted that four of them would die, and so it happened.
After the incident at the tournament, Nostradamus began to further confuse his predictions in poetry, so as not to incur the wrath of people.
He predicted the coming of three antichrists, the first was Napoleon, the second was Hitler, and the third was yet to appear in the future.
They say that when predicting events in the very distant future, he had to use the words that he knew. So instead of a submarine, he used the word iron fish, the flame of fire with long sparks in the sky was, apparently, a rocket.
In 1566, at the age of 63, he died due to complications of gout. They say that his last words were: “Tomorrow I won’t be here anymore”
It is a nickname. Real name William Sydney Porter. He worked for some time in a bank, which later discovered a shortage. To avoid prison he was forced to flee the city to Honduras. But having learned that his wife was seriously ill, he went to see her in the city of Austin, knowing that he would be arrested.
After the death of his wife, he was arrested for 5 years, but later released early for good behavior. In prison he had the opportunity to write, and there the pseudonym O. Henry arose.
In the last years of his life, the writer abused alcohol; he was later diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver and diabetes. Before his death on the night of June 5, 1910, while in a hospital ward O. Henry said: "Turn on the light. I don't want to go home in the dark."
Marie Antoinette
Being a native of Austria, she married Louis Augustus to try on Austria and France. The Queen lived in her own “luxurious” world, not seeing what was happening in real France. Hunger and Poverty surrounded the people, while the queen bought herself expensive jewelry, dresses, villas and castles.
For a long time, the Queen was interested in entertainment, and then raising children. Politics and numbers were boring, and therefore they trusted the king completely. However, the king could not cope with his task, and did not say anything to his wife, because he did not want to upset her. When Marie Antoinette realized this, it was already too late, the people had completely rebelled after many years of hunger, and soon a revolution began.
Now the Queen was forced to face those whom she did not know and did not want to know - the people.
The new legislative body of France was supposed to finally put an end to the monarchy, and therefore to the king. At first, the death sentence was imposed on King Louis 16, and he was soon executed. Marie Antoinette was imprisoned and her children were taken away by force. Afterwards he was accused of treason, connections with enemies and embezzlement of the state treasury. At all trials, the queen defended herself intelligently and decisively. But this is slander the right way to kill. A few hours after the trial, Marie Antoinette learned of the verdict. The tribunal was to execute her at dawn.
And so the former queen left the hall without uttering a word and without showing a single drop of weakness on her face. The next morning the Queen walked proudly to the scaffold. Her face showed no emotion. Having accidentally stepped on the executioner's foot, the queen followed the rules of etiquette, which she always considered boring , apologized and said“Please excuse me, monsieur. I didn’t do it on purpose.” These were her last words.
Leonardo da Vinci
The painting was painted by François-Guillaume Menagot. Death of Leonardo da Vinci in the hands of Francis I.
At the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th centuries, Leonardo da Vinci lived; he was an inventor, artist, and alchemist. His discoveries were ahead of their time. In each of his paintings one finds secret signs and secrets. And the most famous portrait The Mona Lisa still amazes the minds of many people.
Leonardo's last days show how much he has achieved in life. The illegitimate son was far from the poor village in which he was born. He was surrounded by rich and powerful people who admired him. A few days before his death, Leonardo called a notary to draw up a will and give instructions to own funeral. Among his demands were even the number and weight of candles that were to be lit during the mass on the day of his burial. It seems as if death was the last secret he wanted to comprehend.
At the time of his death, three paintings were with the artist: St. John the Baptist, St. Anne and the famous portrait of a smiling woman, the Mona Lisa. It is believed that this choice was not accidental. They say that during a confession before a priest, Leonardo asked for forgiveness for paintings that contradict tradition. Leonardo da Vinci's last great words were: “I offended God and people, because in my works I did not reach the heights to which I aspired.”
Rafael Santi
Painting by Henry Nelson O'Neill Last moments Raphael" The dying artist looks and points at his last masterpiece - "Transfiguration", which many researchers consider the pinnacle of Raphael's work.
As an artist he lived around the same time as Leonardo da Vinci. Despite his short life, he worked a lot, painted many paintings, the most famous of which is the “Sistine Madonna” (Italian: Madonna Sistina). Chambers Vatican Palace also painted by Raphael. The artist's lifetime fame was so great that he was called happy. Raphael lived in luxury and was universally revered. He was the ideal courtier. Ideal appearance, refined manners, ability to maintain learned conversations.
Being spoiled by female attention, he chose a simple girl, a baker's daughter with an angelic appearance. Some believe that Psyche and Sistine Madonna endowed with her appearance.
Raphael died unexpectedly, after a short illness, on his 37th birthday, April 6, 1520. They say that before his death Rafael said a short"Happy".
Benjamin Franklin
The father of the founder of American politics, Benjamin Franklin. Opened the first one in America public library. He devoted a lot of time to physics, politics and social activities. So he introduced the charge notation + and –, which we still use today. Everyday life(batteries).
In history, he remained the only politician who signed all three documents that marked the formation of the American state. The Treaty of Paris, as well as the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. In the last years of his life, Franklin fought for human rights, for the abolition of slavery and instructed young people to follow 13 moral values which he formulated himself:
- Temperance
- Silence
- Love of order
- Determination
- Thrift
- Hard work
- Sincerity
- Justice
- Moderation
- Cleanliness
- Calm
- Chastity
- Meekness
The great scientist and politician died at the age of 84. When his daughter asked the 84-year-old seriously ill Franklin to lie down differently so that he could breathe easier, the old man, sensing an imminent end, said grumpily: “Nothing comes easy to a dying person.”
About 20,000 people attended his funeral, despite the fact that the city had a population of about 33,000. Since 1914, Franklin has been featured on all US $100 bills.
Winston Churchill
Premier mi 
nister and politician of Great Britain. He went down in the history of the twentieth century as a man who created the history of Britain and the peoples of Europe. He was one of the first to realize the danger Hitler's fascism posed to Europe, called on the British to wage an active war against fascist Germany and supported Soviet people in this fight.
Churchill was philosophical about death. He said: "I'm not afraid of death, but I'm going to do it the best way” and also “I am ready to meet the Creator, but I don’t know if the Creator is ready for such a difficult test as meeting me!”
The politician died at the age of 90 from another stroke, in a beautiful estate, next to him was his wife, with whom he lived for no less than 57 years. For his services, Churchill was honored with a state funeral, which turned into a large-scale event for the city, the script for which was written by Winston himself. Until the very end, Churchill did not refuse bad habits, still smoked a lot of cigars and did not deny himself delicious food. They say his last words were: “I’m so tired of all this.”
Steve Jobs
Billionaire, co-founder Apple. A short interview or words spoken by him in the hospital room before his death have appeared online. It is not known whether these were his true words, but this speech touched many.
“I have reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In the eyes of others, my life is the epitome of success.
However, outside of work, I have little joy. After all, wealth is just a fact of life that I'm used to.
On this moment, lying in a hospital bed and looking back at my entire life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I was so proud of have lost meaning in the face of impending death.
In the dark, when I look at the green light from the life support machine and hear the repeating mechanical sound, I feel the breath of God and the approach of death. Now that we have accumulated enough wealth, it’s time to think about completely different issues in life that are not related to wealth...
There must be something more important: perhaps relationships, perhaps art, perhaps childhood dreams...
The relentless pursuit of wealth turns a person into a puppet, which is what happened to me. God gave us feelings to convey his love to every heart, not illusions about wealth.
The wealth that I have accumulated in my life, I cannot take with me. All I can take away are the memories made by love. This is the true wealth that should follow you, accompany you, give you strength and light to move on.
Love can travel a thousand miles. Life has no limit. Go where you want to go. Reach the heights you want to reach. It's all in your heart and in your hands.
You can hire someone to drive you, someone to earn money for you, but no one will bear your illnesses for you.
The material things we lose can still be found. But there is one thing that you will never find if you have lost it, and that is life.
No matter what stage of life we are in right now, there is a day waiting for everyone when the curtain comes down.
Your treasures are your love for your family, your lover, your friends...
The last words of the dying have always been treated with special reverence. What does a person who is on the verge between two worlds feel and see?... Last words great people were simple, mysterious, strange. Someone expressed their greatest regret, and someone found the strength to joke. What did Genghis Khan, Byron and Chekhov say before they died?
The last phrase of Emperor Caesar went down in history slightly distorted. We all know that Caesar allegedly said: “And you, Brutus?” In fact, judging by the surviving texts of historians, this phrase could have sounded a little differently - it did not convey indignation, but rather regret. They say that the emperor said to Marcus Brutus who rushed at him: “And you, my child?...”
The last words of Alexander the Great were prophetic; it was not without reason that the ruler was known as an excellent strategist. Dying of malaria, Makedonsky said: “I see there will be great competitions at my grave.” And so it happened: the great empire he built was literally torn to pieces in internecine wars.
“Batu will continue my victories, and the Mongolian hand will stretch over the universe,” Genghis Khan said on his deathbed. The last words of Martin Luther King were: “God, how painful and scary it is to leave for another world.” “Well, I’m going to bed,” said George Gordon Bayorn, and then fell asleep forever. According to another version, before his death the poet exclaimed: “My sister! My child... Poor Greece!... I gave her time, fortune, health... And now I give her my life.” As is known, Last year The rebellious poet spent his life helping the Greeks in the liberation struggle against Ottoman Empire. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was dying of consumption in a hotel in the German resort town of Badenweiler. His attending physician felt that Chekhov's death was near. According to the old times German tradition A doctor who has given his colleague a fatal diagnosis treats the dying man to champagne. "Ich sterbe!" (“I’m dying!”) Chekhov said and drank the glass of champagne served to him to the bottom.
“Hope!... Hope! Hope!... Damned!” Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky shouted before his death. Perhaps the composer was delirious, or perhaps he was desperately clinging to life. "So what's the answer?" - asked the American writer Gertrude Stein philosophically as she was taken on a gurney to the operating room. Stein was dying of cancer, which had previously killed her mother. Having received no answer, she asked again:
"What's the question then?" She never woke up from the anesthesia. Peter the Great was dying unconscious. Once, having come to his senses, the sovereign took the stylus and began to scratch with effort: “Give it all...”. But the sovereign did not have time to explain to whom and what. The monarch ordered to call his beloved daughter Anna, but was unable to say anything to her. The next day, at the beginning of six o'clock in the morning, the emperor opened his eyes and whispered a prayer. These were his last words. It is also known about the dying suffering of King Henry the Eighth of England. "The crown is gone, the glory is gone, the soul is gone!" - exclaimed the dying monarch. Vaslav Nijinsky,
Anatole France and Garibaldi whispered the same word before their death: “Mama!” Before her execution, Marie Antoinette behaved like a real queen. While climbing the stairs to the guillotine, she accidentally stepped on the executioner’s foot. Her last words were: “Forgive me, monsieur, I didn’t do it on purpose.” Empress Elizaveta Petrovna extremely surprised the doctors when, half a minute before her death, she stood up on her pillows and menacingly asked: “Am I still alive?!” But before the doctors had time to get scared, the situation “corrected” - the ruler gave up the ghost.
They say that Grand Duke Mikhail Romanov, brother last emperor, before the execution, he gave his boots to the executioners with the words: “Use them, guys, they are royal after all.” The famous spy, dancer and courtesan Mata Hari blew a kiss to the soldiers aiming at her with the playful words: “I’m ready, boys!” Dying, Balzac remembered one of the characters in his stories, the experienced doctor Bianchon. “He would have saved me,” sighed great writer. The English historian Thomas Carlyle calmly said: “So this is what it is, this death!” Composer Edvard Grieg turned out to be equally cold-blooded.
“Well, what if it’s inevitable,” he said. It is believed that Ludwig van Beethoven's last words were: "Applaud, friends, the comedy is over." True, some biographers cite other words of the great composer: “I feel as if up to this moment I had written only a few notes.” If last fact- it is true that Beethoven was not the only great man who, before his death, lamented how little he managed to do. They say that when dying, Leonardo da Vinci exclaimed in despair: “I offended God and people! My works did not reach the heights to which I aspired!”
One of the famous filmmaker brothers, 92-year-old Auguste Lumière, said: “My film is running out.” “Dying is a boring task,” he finally quipped Somerset Maugham. “Don’t ever do this!” Dying in the town of Bougival near Paris, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev said a strange thing: “Farewell, my dears, my whitish ones...”.
The French artist Antoine Watteau was horrified: “Take this cross away from me! How could you depict Christ so poorly!” - and with these words he died. The poet Felix Arver, having heard a nurse say to someone: “It’s at the end of the corridor,” from last bit of strength groaned: “Not a collidor, but a corridor!” - and died. Oscar Wilde, dying in his hotel room, looked longingly at the tasteless wallpaper and ironically remarked: “This wallpaper is terrible. One of us has to go.” Einstein's last words, unfortunately, remained a mystery to posterity: the nurse who was near his bed did not know German.
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The last words of great people spoken before death
What famous/great people said just before their death
“And now don’t believe everything I said, because I am the Buddha, but test everything from your own experience. Be your own guiding light” - the last words of the Buddha
"It is finished" - Jesus
At the beginning of the 19th century, the granddaughter of the famous Japanese warrior Shingen, one of the most beautiful girls Japan, a subtle poetess, the favorite of the Empress, wanted to study Zen. Some famous masters They refused her because of her beauty. Master Hakou said, "Your beauty will be the source of all problems." Then she burned her face with a hot iron and became Hakou's student. She took the name Rionen, which means "clearly understand."
Just before her death, she wrote a short poem:
Sixty-six times these eyes
We could admire the autumn.
Don't ask anything.
Listen to the hum of the pine trees in complete calm
Winston Churchill was very tired of life towards the end, and his last words were: “How tired I am of all this.”
Oscar Wilde died in a room with tacky wallpaper. Approaching death did not change his attitude towards life. After the words: “Killer colors! One of us will have to leave here,” he left
Alexandre Dumas: “So I won’t know how it all ends”
James Joyce: "Is there a single soul here who can understand me?"
Alexander Blok: “Russia ate me like a stupid pig of its own”
Francois Rabelais: "I'm going to look for the great "Perhaps"
Ernst Herter. Dying Achilles
Somerset Maugham: “Dying is a boring and joyless thing. My advice to you is never do it.”
Anton Chekhov died in the German resort town of Badenweiler. The German doctor treated him to champagne (according to the old German medical tradition, a doctor who has given his colleague a fatal diagnosis treats the dying person to champagne). Chekhov said “Ich sterbe”, drank his glass to the bottom, and said: “I haven’t drunk champagne for a long time.”
Henry James: "Well, finally, I got it"
American novelist and playwright William Saroyan: “Everyone is destined to die, but I always thought that they would make an exception for me. So what?”
Heinrich Heine: "God will forgive me. This is his job"
The last words of Johann Goethe are widely known: “Open the shutters wider, more light!” But not everyone knows that before this he asked the doctor how much time he had left, and when the doctor replied that there was one hour left, Goethe sighed with relief: “Thank God, only an hour.”
Boris Pasternak: "Open the window"
Victor Hugo: "I see a black light"
Mikhail Zoshchenko: “Leave me alone”
Saltykov-Shchedrin: “Is that you, fool?”
“Well, why are you crying? Did you think I was immortal?” - "Sun King" Louis XIV
Hendrik Goltzius. Dying Adonis
Countess DuBarry, the favorite of Louis XV, ascending the guillotine, said to the executioner: “Try not to hurt me!”
“Doctor, I still won’t die, but not because I’m afraid,” said the first American President George Washington
Queen Marie Antoinette, climbing the scaffold, stumbled and stepped on the executioner’s foot: “Please forgive me, monsieur, I did it by accident.”
Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle: “So this is what it is, this death!”
Composer Edvard Grieg: "Well, if this is inevitable..."
Nero: “What a great artist is dying!”
Before his death, Balzac remembered one of his literary heroes, the experienced doctor Bianchon, and said: “He would have saved me.”
Leonardo da Vinci: “I insulted God and people! My works did not reach the heights to which I aspired!”
Mata Hari blew a kiss to the soldiers aiming at her and said: “I’m ready, boys.”
Philosopher Immanuel Kant: "Das ist gut"
One of the filmmaker brothers, 92-year-old Auguste Lumière: “My film is running out”
Lytton Strechey: "If this is death, I'm not happy about it"
Spanish general statesman Ramon Narvaez, when asked by the confessor if he was asking for forgiveness from his enemies, smiled wryly and replied: “I have no one to ask for forgiveness. All my enemies have been shot.”
American businessman Abrahim Hewitt tore the mask of the oxygen machine from his face and said: “Leave it alone! I’m already dead...”
The famous English surgeon Joseph Green, out of medical habit, measured his pulse. “The pulse is gone,” he said.
The famous English director Noel Howard, feeling that he was dying, said: " Good night, my dear. See you tomorrow"
1. Oscar Wilde died in a room with tacky wallpaper. Approaching death did not change his attitude towards life. After the words: “Killer colors! One of us will have to leave here,” he left.
2. Queen Marie Antoinette, climbing the scaffold, stumbled and stepped on the executioner’s foot: “Please forgive me, monsieur, I did it by accident.” And her husband, Louis XVIII, asked the executioner: “Do you know, brother, what is new about La Perouse’s expedition?”
3. Empress Elizaveta Petrovna extremely surprised the doctors when, half a minute before her death, she stood up on her pillows and menacingly asked: “Am I still alive?!” But before the doctors had time to get scared, everything corrected itself.
4. American playwright Eugene O'Neill: “I knew it! I knew it! I was born in a hotel and, damn it, I’m dying in a hotel.”
5. Spy-dancer Mata Hari blew a kiss to the soldiers aiming at her: “I’m ready, boys.”
6. English writer-prose writer Somerset Maugham: “Dying is a boring and joyless thing. My advice to you is never do this.”
7. American prose writer and playwright William Saroyan: “Everyone is destined to die, but I always thought that they would make an exception for me. And what?"
8. The famous English surgeon Joseph Green, out of medical habit, measured his pulse. “The pulse is gone,” he said.
9. English writer and critic Lytton Strachey: “If this is death, then I am not delighted with it.”
10. Russian satirist Saltykov-Shchedrin greeted death with the question “Is that you, fool?”
11. Chekhov's dying words were a simple statement of fact: “Their shterbe.”
12. Before his death, Alexander Green also whispered: “I’m dying...”.
13. “And now don’t believe everything I said, because I am the Buddha, but test everything from your own experience. Be your own guiding light” - the last words of the Buddha.
14. Winston Churchill was very tired of life towards the end, and his last words were: “I’m so tired of all this.”
15. Alexandre Dumas: “So I won’t know how it all ends.”
16. James Joyce: “Is there a single soul here who can understand me?”
17. Alexander Blok: “Russia ate me like a stupid pig of its own.”
18. Francois Rabelais: “I’m going to look for the great “Perhaps.”
19. Philosopher Immanuel Kant: “Das ist gut.”
20. One of the filmmaker brothers, 92-year-old Auguste Lumière: “My film is running out.”
21. Lytton Strechey: “If this is death, then I’m not happy about it.”
22. The Spanish general, statesman Ramon Narvaez, when asked by the confessor whether he was asking for forgiveness from his enemies, smiled wryly and replied: “I have no one to ask for forgiveness. All my enemies have been shot.”
23. American businessman Abrahim Hewitt tore the oxygen mask from his face and said: “Leave it alone! I’m already dead...”
25. The famous English director Noel Howard, feeling that he was dying, said: “Good night, my dears. See you tomorrow.”
26. Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle: “So this is what it is, this death!”
27. Composer Edvard Grieg: “Well, if this is inevitable...”
29. Nero: “What a great artist is dying!”
31. Before his death, Balzac remembered one of his literary heroes, the experienced doctor Bianchon, and said: “He would have saved me.”
32. Leonardo da Vinci: “I insulted God and people! My works did not reach the heights to which I aspired!”
34. Countess DuBarry, the favorite of Louis XV, ascending the guillotine, said to the executioner: “Try not to hurt me!”
35. “Doctor, I still won’t die, but not because I’m afraid,” said the first American president, George Washington.
36. Henry James: “Well, finally, I got it.”
37. Heinrich Heine: “God will forgive me. This is his job.”
38. The last words of Johann Goethe are widely known: “Open the shutters wider, there is more light!” But not everyone knows that before this he asked the doctor how much time he had left, and when the doctor replied that there was one hour left, Goethe sighed with relief: “Thank God, only an hour.”
39. Boris Pasternak: "Open the window."
40. Victor Hugo: “I see a black light.”
41. Mikhail Zoshchenko: “Leave me alone.”
42. “Well, why are you crying? Did you think I was immortal?” - "Sun King" Louis XIV.
43. Vaslav Nijinsky, Anatole France, Garibaldi, Byron whispered the same word before their death: “Mama!” Touching - and banal...
44. When the Prussian king Frederick I was dying, the priest read prayers at his bedside. At the words “naked I came into this world and naked I will leave,” Frederick pushed him away with his hand and exclaimed: “Don’t you dare bury me naked, not in dress uniform!”
45. Before his execution, Mikhail Romanov gave his boots to the executioners - “Use them, guys, they are royal after all.”
46. Sick Anna Akhmatova after a camphor injection: “Still, I feel very bad!”
47. Ibsen, after lying paralyzed for several years, stood up and said: “On the contrary!” - and died.
48. Nadezhda Mandelstam to her nurse: “Don’t be afraid!”
49. Paulette Brilat-Savarin, the sister of a famous French gastronome, on her hundredth birthday, after the third course, feeling the approach of death, said: “Hurry up, serve the compote - I’m dying.”
50. Einstein’s last words remained unknown because the nurse did not understand German.
