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Who had the best “famous last words”?
- I have made but one mistake - emperor titus. Nobody has figured out what the hell he was talking about in 2000 years.
— Emperor_Aurelian
- "More Weight!"
Giles Corey was accused of witchcraft in 1692 and executed by pressing (a board is placed on the body and rocks are added to the board).
The pressing was an attempt to coerce a confession, but Corey encouraged more weight as the pressing continued.
[Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Corey)
— Neb810
- *"The city is fallen and I am still alive,"* said Emperor Constantine XI, as he watched the massive ancient wall fall in. He then tore off his imperial regalia and decorations, leaving nothing to distinguish himself from his own soldiers, and charged headlong into the mass of Turks pouring through the breach. He was never seen again.
It was May 29, 1453, and all that was officially left of the Roman Empire died with him that day.
— GeneralTonic
- “It's just that I will miss you all so much.
Ow, fuck” - Roald Dahl
— JakeTheBull
- "I see you have made three spelling mistakes."
Marquis de Favras after reading his death warrant before being guillotined
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— Madlibsluver
- "Take a step forward, lads. It will be easier that way" Erskine Childers, facing death by firing squad.
— Blue_Tomb
- “I did not get my Spaghetti-O’s; I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this.” - Thomas J. Grasso (being executed)
— Addestratore
- "Thomas Jefferson still survives".
John Adams
Unbeknownst to him, he was wrong; Jefferson had died in Virginia hours earlier.
Both men died on July 4th, 1826, America's 50th birthday.
— Miley_I-da-Ho
- "I am not the least afraid to die." - Charles Darwin
— jusper50
- “Gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Apple”
George Appel, moments before his execution by electric chair.
— PopeliusJones
- “Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it.” - Marie Antoinette, after accidentally stepping on the foot of her executioner while stepping up to the guillotine.
— MayaDementhia
- "something in German, but I didn't understand him"
-Albert Einstein
as retold by the non-German speaking nurse who was at his bedside.
— popsickle_in_one
- "A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy
— Frey147
- Oscar Wilde - "Either that wallpaper goes or I do"
— impossiblevoyage
- "Hurry up, you Hoosier bastard, I could kill ten men while you're fooling around."
- Carl Panzram (1891-1930), American serial killer.
— Orca4444