> "Isn't it true that we weren't cowards at

Dying of illness, after giving away almost all he possessed:
>"Go carry this lance, unfurl this banner, and while you lift up this standard proclaim this: 'This is all that remains of Saladin the Great, the Conqueror and King of the Empire, of all his glory'"

>"Thomas Jefferson survives"
John Adams, unaware that Jefferson had passed several hours earlier.

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>"Water"
The last request of the most famous alcoholic in American history.

>"You certainly can’t say that the people of Dallas haven’t given you a nice welcome, Mr. President." -First Lady of Texas, Nellie Connally
>"No, you certainly can't." -President John F. Kennedy.

>"Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."

Stonewall Jackson

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> Stand away, fellow, from my diagram

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> Have I played the part well? Then applaud me as I exit
based

>"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."
Union General John Sedgwick moments before being killed by a sniper.

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> Pardon me. I didn't do it on purpose.

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> I will hear in heaven
this one sort of made me cry

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> France, the army, the head of the army, Joséphine.

>>3224860
His most famous words, but not his last. People often erroneously quote it as "at this dis-" for comedic effect. General Sedgwick was known among his men as a good and compassionate commander. It's sad that he's remembered today as a punch line. John Sedgwick's real last words, as recorded by General McMahon, were spoken to an enlisted soldier.
>"All right, my man; go to your place"
In the next moment, McMahon was toppled to the ground by his friend's falling, lifeless body, covered in his blood.

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>"Soldiers, when I give the command to fire, fire straight at my heart. Wait for the order. It will be my last to you. I protest against my condemnation. I have fought a hundred battles for France, and not one against her ... Soldiers, fire!"

Marshal of the Empire Michel Ney

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>"Don't be afraid."

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>AHHHM GNNAAAA DAAAAAH PFFFFF

Truly magnificent

>>3225396
Im gonna cry
Why did Charlie Boy have to die lads?

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"Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man."

I don't like him, but these were well chosen.

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>Sophie, Sophie, don't die, you must live, for the children

>>3222569
Nappy 3 deserves a better consensus about him, he was shit at diplomacy and warfare but was the one to undertake a lot of economics, infrastructure and industrial reforms for France that were all really important for its development.

>"The battle is at it's height. Do not announce my death."
last words of the ultra bad ass Admiral Yi Soon Shin, he made his son dress up in his armour and carry on commanding the fleet and pretend to be him in order to keep their momentum going

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>>3226776
forgot to include his nice statue

“Consider then, my brother and comrades in arms, how the commemoration of our death, our memory, fame and freedom can be rendered eternal.”
-Constantine IX, The Last Roman Emperor.

"The Strongest"
-Alexander the Great, in response to who should rule the empire.

Soldiers Do your duty
Straight to the heart but spare the face
Fire
Joachim Murat

>>3226716
Tbh, he was actually much better than you think at warfare. Mexico was a blunder, but only because the American civil war ended sooner than he expected.

The thing about 1870 is that by that point he was no longer an absolute monarch, and had powers similar to a mere president. He tried to enlarge the size of the army to match prussia, but the legislature blocked it. Then he tried to introduce reforms, which the legislature again delayed until they ended up only beginning a few months before the war.

If he had retained absolute power, 1870 would have been at worst a white peace and at best a minor french victory, though I doubt in either case he could prevent germany being united in some form.

I get pissed that his reputation is ruined by the people who used his defeat to empower themselves

"I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have." —Leonardo Da Vinci

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>>3225396

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Can someone find exactly what his last words were? I saw s thread and it was really sad, he was being pulled from his desk saying "I'm not finished yet" feelsbadman

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"June 3. Cold Harbor. I was killed."
Final entry in the diary of a nameless Union soldier, found on his body after the battle.

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>>3222569
"Forward men! For God's sake forward!"
-Major General John Reynolds,Gettysburg,Pennsylvania

Dearest,

I feel certain I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I don't think two people could have been happier till this terrible disease came. I can't fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can't even write this properly. I can't read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. I want to say that - everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer.

I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been.

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>Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow

>>3226715
Not last words, but:
"If I know one thing about serbians, its that they're only capable of one assassination attempt per day"
-Police chief of Sarajevo, 1914

>"I'm bored with it all."

t. Winston Churchill upon the recollection of his tumultuous political life

>>3226787
Constantine also supposedly said "The city is fallen, yet I am still alive!" before removing his imperial vestments, wearing a soldier's armor, and leading one last charge against the Ottomans.

>>3224801
nice
why is there something so endearing about grant

>>3224878
hopeful at least

>>3226803
>>3225155
>“I have much business that must be attended to of greater moment than your ruined garrison and this wretched country.”
>-Montcalm, on the Plains of Abraham

What is it about French generals? I only wish I could find the words of Davout or some of the other great marshals, who weren't given an execution.

>>3224848
Yeah, that's literally the single greatest last words ever uttered.

>>3227265
From what I understand, he was basically an alcoholic loser and a failure at life whom the war gave a strange and unexpected second chance because he turned out to have a talent for generalship.

>>3224848
I despise Augustus but even I have to admit, that's pretty based. Of course, with those ancient historians there's no way of telling whether it's real or made up.

>"Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something."

Pancho Villa, don't know how true it is though.

>>3224710
Excellent.

>>3227307
In the spirit of French quotes:
>I see you have made three spelling mistakes.
-Thomas de Mahy, after reading his death warrant

Probably apocryphal, but I like to believe it isn't.

"Where'd all them fuckin' indians come from?"
-Custer, Little Bighorn

>>3225396
truly inspiring

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>priest is urging him to renounce satan so he may give him his last rights
"Now is not the time for making new enemies"

Bless his soul

>>3226945
I think he told some servants to wake him at half past three the bext day, but died in his sleep that night.

>>3224839
DON'T DISTURB MY CIRCLES!

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>Genoa...Battle...Forward!

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> If all the swords in England were pointed against my head, your threats would not move me.I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace.

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>>3227857

Kansha!

>>3227307
The French are a passionate and romantic people. Sometimes it's their downfall, but goddamn at least they have style.

I think Karl Marx didn't have any last words because he died while reading in his comfy chair when his family and Engels weren't there. But I also remember reading somewhere Marx bellowing on his death bed to some nurse or something that last words are for faggots who've not said enough alive.

>>3222569
>"The battle is at its height...beat my war drums...do not announce my death."- Yi Sun-shin.

>>3227265
One of the best generals and worst presidents in US history.

"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset."
>Crowfoot

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Frederick Barbarossa: *Gargle gargle gargle*

One last drink please

>>3226954
I wonder if he wrote it himself as he died or if someone searched his body, found the diary and finished it for him.

>>3226776
Faggot ass Nelson later copied him

>>3228625
the usual narrative is that he wrote it because he knew he would die.

>>3228633
I guess he had to die then.
Or it would ruin his diary.

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>He died in the midst of the enemy, attended by Pescara, the Spanish commander, and by his old comrade, Charles, duc de Bourbon, who was now fighting on the opposite side. Charles is reported to have said "Ah! Monsieur de Bayard... I am very sad to see you in this state; you who were such a virtuous knight!"

>Bayard answered: "Sir, there is no need to pity me. I die as a man of honour ought, doing my duty; but I pity you, because you are fighting against your king, your country, and your oath."

>>3228628
Nah, Nelson's last words were, "Kiss me, Hardy". Or, "Thank God I have done my duty," if you don't want to believe he died with a raging gay boner.

>Albert Einstein's last words were spoken in German to a nurse that only spoke English
JUST

>>3227192
Who?

>>3228730
His last words were
>hitler was right Mrs. Nurse

>>3229109
>I bet they're going to give you shit for not being able to pass on my last words, haha.
What a faggot.

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WE

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>>3229393
WUZ

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>>3229584
CUTE SMUG ANIME GIRLS

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>>3229614
N

>>3229584
It's too bad that they removed this already

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>>3229697
Yeah, it was cool while it lasted.

>>3228574
Fuck man, beautiful.

>>3225396
Me and my friend always poke fun of Carlos so this was hilarious to me. Still feel bad for him though.

>"After such a trip, a shower won't hurt."
Anne Franck.

>>3226715
Good last words, though in reality he was a mess of a person and not respectful by any means. I'd recommend the red prince to anyone interested in the end of the Habsburgs

>>3229853
Reminder that gas shower were a myth and that Anne Frank died of disease/starvation induced by war deprivation, just like each of the 500,000 or so jew that died in concentration camps between 1942 and 1944

>>3229920
I thought when got killed by duh battery acids

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>>3222569
"Remember your oath, how dare you disgrace the republic with such... *gets stabbed*"

>>3227837
GET THE FUCK OUTTA MY FACE YOU ROMAN SHIT

>>3229077
Virginia Woolf

>Just don't leave me alone
>John Belushi

>>3224862
Poor girl just stepped on the executioners toes

>They are outside, this is the end commander, thank you, tell my family and my country I love them. Tell them I was brave and I fought until I could no longer. Please take care of my family, avenge my death, good bye commander, tell my family I love them
Last message sent by Alexander Prokhorenko after being surrounded by ISIS and calling an airstrike on his position.

"It is far more just to perish one for all, than many for one"
-Roman Emperor Otho, before killing himself to prevent further civil war

>>3228126
ow the edge

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>"Thank God I have done my duty"

>tfw you will never be a royal marine on HMS Victory killing frenchmen and spaniards for King and Country

why even live tbqh lads

>>3230092
>Lord Nelson gets to Anglo Heaven
>Surrounded by fire and flames, he sees the shade of Cromwell, gibbeted for all eternity, and inquires about how such a fate may befall God's chosen few
>Alas, Good Sir, it has transpired that our faith, stoked by the perfidious Mr Luther, was in service of he most low, instead of that most high

>>3230074
"Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough."
-Karl Marx, to his house keeper before the arrival of Friedrich Engels

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>>3225396
10/10

>>3230115
>t. dirty Catholic Mick

>>3226694
Yeah. Right after he was seen visibly terrified before he even knew what's gonna happen to him (and Americans actually wanted him alive) and before he choked on his blood.

>>3230129
Didn't he have a throat cancer? He wasn't able to say anything on his deathbed.

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>"I am just going outside and may be some time."
-Cpt. Lawrence Oates

>>3228633
Probably lying somewhere gut shot, knew nobody could get him out of there, but knew he had a little time.

>>3226787
alexander the great was literally autistic. I honestly don't how such an autistic little manlet is now one of the most well known names in history. Its disgusting

>>3222569
>Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel.
Who: George Appel, executed by electric chair in 1928.

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"God, don't let me die. I have so much to do."
- Huey P. Long

>>3230385
Funny because he was shot but everybody else dodged that bullet.

>>3230356
Almost as good as
>"How's this for your headline? 'French Fries'"
James French, executed by electric chair in 1966.

>>3230260
>not realizing 99% of famous last words are apocryphal bullshit

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"I hear someone coming."
Charles Maurras, who was deaf.

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"Lord, in your hands I return my spirit."
And just before that, to the soldiers :
"When I close my eyes, shot straight to my heart."
François Athanase Charette de La Contrie

>>3230652
Father, into thy hands, I commend my spirit.
Who: Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
— Source: Angels and Demons
— Note: Last words before he commits suicide by lighting himself on fire.

>>3227192
Fuck that hurts

A famous legend has persisted from ancient times. As deacon in Rome, St Lawrence was responsible for the material goods of the Church and the distribution of alms to the poor.[8] St Ambrose of Milan relates that when the treasures of the Church were demanded of St Lawrence by the Prefect of Rome, he brought forward the poor, to whom he had distributed the treasure as alms.[9] "Behold in these poor persons the treasures which I promised to show you; to which I will add pearls and precious stones, those widows and consecrated virgins, which are the Church's crown."[5] The Prefect was so angry that he had a great gridiron prepared with hot coals beneath it, and had Lawrence placed on it, hence St Lawrence's association with the gridiron. After the martyr had suffered pain for a long time, the legend concludes, he cheerfully declared: "I'm well done. Turn me over!"[8][10] From this derives his patronage of cooks, chefs, and comedians.

In Tarot, "The Fool" is a card of the Major Arcana. The tarot depiction of the Fool includes a man (or less often, a woman) juggling unconcernedly or otherwise distracted, often with a dog or cat at his heels. The fool is in the act of unknowingly walking off the edge of a cliff, precipice or other high place. Another Tarot character is Death. In the Middle Ages, Death is often shown in Jester's garb because "The last laugh is reserved for death."

>>3230267
ARggghhhhhh more poeple need to know about this man and this tragedy! though I believe it was.
"I'm going out for a walk... and I may be some time"

>>3230803
Interesting though, the Swedish captain who reached the Pole and returned safely was told about the English team perishing by his wife whilst in the bath. "Damnit! He's beaten me!" because everyone remember the men that died, not those who lived.

>>3230827
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ_285hGXW0

This thread made me realize historical figures were actually human just like us and died as such.
What did I mean by that ?

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>>3230803
A group of colorful badass characters having adventures at the end of the world 100 years ago. Should've been more popular on the internet. The Brits publish books about singular members of the expedition and the "fanbase" is small but dedicated. Not much different than being a fan of war stories like Band of Brothers.

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>Crito, I owe a rooster to Asclepius. Please, don't forget to pay him
I like these ones.

>>3227397
Sad and ironic, I wish they'd honored his last request /:

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>>3225155
>>3226803
>>3230652
What is it with France executing its own generals?

When Voltaire was dying, in his eighties, a priest in attendance called upon him to renounce the devil. Voltaire considered his advice, but decided not to follow it. “This is no time,” he said, “to be making new enemies”. In this same spirit, I offer my thanks and good wishes to the Bank of Sweden, to the Nobel Committee, and to everyone involved in this wonderful occasion.

What!? What!?
-Tsar Nicholas the second upon being told his family was to be executed, he was shot and killed shortly after, the rest of the Romanovs were not so lucky.

>>3227486
He tuly was the master of banter

>>3231318
*truly
Fuck

>>3226694
He was actually crying and begging to not be killed. Kinda sad

>>3230992
Literally looks like a classical shitpost of today, he really was ahead of his time

>>3230992
>It's a "justice is payment of debts" episode

>>3230385
feels fucking bad
American Union State when

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>>3229632
SHIEEET

>>3230652
Father into your hands I commit my spirit.
-Serj Tankian
Moments before his self righteous suicide.

>>3222569
Johnny Ace, an R&B singer, died in 1954 while playing with a pistol during a break in his concert set. His last words were, “I’ll show you that it won’t shoot.”

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>You be good. See you tomorrow. I love you
Alex

>>3230385
EVERY

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"Thanks to all"
Vladimir Komarov, sarcastic and resigned last transmission before contact was lost with his Soyuz 1 capsule and it plummeted full speed into the earth. The sad part is he knew this was going to happen and volunteered to replace the Soviet hero Gagarin. The last words Gagarin spoke to him over the comms were "The last faze of the operation is almost done, keep calm, everything is going great."

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>>3230385
FUCK

>>3224862
She totally fucking did

>>3232158
Don't worry it wasn't a big loss.

>>3232164
Ehhhhhhh

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"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"

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"So little done, so much to do"

>>3227238
This was true, until he wanted a sandwich

>>3232199
There goes the sandwich again.

>>3227397
That's hilarious.
"Oh fuck, I can't think of anything, tell them I said something badass"

>>3228640
"June 4. Cold Harbor. I live again!"

>>3228730
"Hier sind die Geheimnisse des Universums"
"I don't speak Dutch"

>>3230115
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYAhlz7rnPU

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>>3230298
Being a Chad cancels out autism

>>3230092
>"Kiss me, Hardy"

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>I wish I'd drunk more champagne
John Maynard Keynes

>I forgive everyone, and I ask everyone to forgive me. May my blood, which is about to be shed, be for the good of the country. Viva Mexico, viva la independencia!
Emperor Maximilian I

And the best:
>I desire to go to hell, and not to heaven. In the former place I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings, and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks, hermits, and apostles
Machiavelli

>Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
Thomas Hobbes

>>3225155
Brave guy. Shit commander.

>>3231328
Can't find anything to support that.
All I can find is that he showed fear when he heard another rebel, called Willy, being shot in the next room.
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB5/docs/doc05.pdf

>>3233574
Well later testimonies expanded on that. The document is pretty basic. I think Che's final quote might be real but I've also heard that he showed a lot more fear than some people think. Not so brave when he was on the other end of the barrel. Also he died rather slowly due to being shot in the neck.
Maybe this guy revealed more.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(soldier)

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>More weight!

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>Panzram was hanged on September 5, 1930. As guards attempted to place a black hood over his head, he allegedly spat in the executioner's face.
> When asked for any last words, he responded, "Yes, hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could kill a dozen men while you're screwing around!"

>>3233595
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQr7j-37w64

Given that only a young soldier who killed him was present at the time we have no certainty that he really said it but it doesn't change much to me. Rodriguez did a fine job.

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>>3232083
;_;

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REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-

>>3232089
MAN

>>3227364
He certainly went on benders when he was bored, but he wasn't an alcoholic. He didn't loose teeth, he didn't hide his drinking, nor did he lose friends over the habit. He was just a lightweight (he was around 5'8" 140 lbs. during the war) and always drank whiskey, so he'd be off his ass after 4 shots.

He could always lead, but he was a quiet family man at heart and hated begin separated from his wife and children.

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Not exactly last words, but still hilarious
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triboulet
>Having broken an order from Francis I forbidding Triboulet from making jokes on the queen and courtesans, the king ordered that he should be put to death. Having served particularly well the king for many years, Francis I granted Triboulet the right to choose the way he would die.
>Triboulet, with his sharp mind, said the following: "Bon sire, par sainte Nitouche et saint Pansard, patrons de la folie, je demande à mourir de vieillesse." which translates to: "Sir, for Saint Nitouche's and Saint Pansard's sake, patrons of insanity, I choose to die from old age."
>Having no other choice than to laugh, the king ordered that Triboulet must not be executed, but rather instead be banished from the realm.

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>>3233896
>Once, Triboulet could not contain himself and slapped the monarch on the bum. The monarch lost his temper and threatened to execute Triboulet. A little later, the monarch calmed down a little and promised to forgive Triboulet if he could think of an apology more insulting than the offending deed.

>A few seconds later, Triboulet responded: "I'm so sorry, your majesty, that I didn't recognize you! I mistook you for the Queen!"

>>3230874
Because you're used to viewing them as history. As a discipline, history is about taking the past (which is just one damn thing after another) and composing it into a valuable form. In doing so, it becomes a narrative, and the individual people within it become characters. It's impossible to create any sort of meaning out of past events without the creation of these narratives, because of how humans think, but it does mean that you need to work very hard to get a glimpse of someone in living colour before returning them to their place in history.

>>3228609
DELETE THIS

>>3233896
>>3233968
Funny guy.

>>3222569
Actually makes me feel bad for the guy, I think the legacy of his uncle was too great for him and only pressed him to do mistakes, when he was a good leader.

>>3233844
A

>>3233896
BASED

>>3224848
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY, FROM WHERE WE BEGAN
AND I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT WHEN I SEE YOU AGAIN.

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>>3224878
Holy shit, that gave me feels

>>3226818
Source?

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Even Aurangzeb, had ceased to understand the purpose of it all by the time he was nearing 90.

"I came alone and I go as a stranger. I do not know who I am, nor what I have been doing," the dying old man confessed to his son, Azam, in February 1707.

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>Uh Oh.
- Last (recorded, as it was possible that the pilots survived past the explosion) words of Michael J. Smith, Pilot of the Shuttle Challenger during STS-51-L.
https://history.nasa.gov/transcript.html

>>3231066
There's even a line in L'Internationale about it.
It's just their thing. Every so often the Frog's spirit demands blood be spilt.

>>3224835

What could have been

How is Charles II not in this thread?

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>>3222569
>Post last words that makes you feeel.
>>3240166
>"HHHHHTHPTHPTHPPPPTHH!"
>*Shits on self*
>*croaks*

>>3237586
KING

Sadly, most of these quotes are probably apocryphal. Still funny, though.

>>3240031
>T+1:13............PLT..... Uhoh.
>T+1:13.......................LOSS OF ALL DATA.

oh jesus.

>>3232563
WTF I'M KEYNESIAN NOW

>>3242349
Honestly wish he would stick to the drinking.

>>3225396
>"Ay Jesus." - Charles V, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and King of Spain , d. 1558.

From wikiquote

I feel like people have lost the feels part of this thread.

>Benjamin Franklin, on being told by his daughter to shift position so that he might breathe more easily
>"A dying man can do nothing easily."

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>>3230047
In that vein...

Takes a lot of balls to say that to these guys, they probably pulled the trigger on him before they realized what he'd said.