The thought that at the end of life's journey we all have the same station, we like to push away in our everyday lives. But some famous people have also died with style and humor, as evidenced by our selection of their meaningful last words. You can decide for yourself whether they are true or just the fruit of legends.
1. Karl Marx, German philosopher and economist
"Last words are for fools who haven't said enough."
2. Oscar Wilde, Irish writer
"Either this wallpaper will go, or I will!"
3. Eugene O'Neill, American writer
''I knew, I knew. I was born in a hotel room and damn it, I'm going to die in it too.''
4. Walter De La Mare, English poet and writer
"Too late for fruit, too early for flowers."
5. Ludwig XVIII, King of France
"A king should die standing up."
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6. Charles Darwin, English naturalist
"I'm not the least bit afraid to die."
7. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Russian writer and playwright
"I'm dying, I haven't had champagne in a long time."
8. Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman emperor
''You too, Brutus? (Et tu, Brute?)''
9. Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer
"Clap my friends, the comedy is over!"
10. Theodore Dreiser, American writer
"Shakespeare, here I come!"
11. Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer
"Now I'm going."
12. Coco Chanel, French fashion designer
"You see, this is how a person dies."
13. Walter Raleigh, English nobleman
"If the heart is in the right place, then it doesn't matter where the head is" (he said this on the day of the beheading)
14. France Prešeren, Slovenian poet
"Pick me up, he wants to suffocate me!"
