New Philosopher – July 2019

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Last words

Augustus Caesar, 14 CE
“Have I played the part well? Then
applaud as I exit.”

Cleopatra, 30 BCE
“So here it is!”
(Before she committed suicide by
letting an asp bite her.)

Alexander the Great, 323 BCE
“To the strongest!”
(When asked about to whom his
empire should belong after his death.)

Joan of Arc, 1431

“Hold the cross high so I may see it

through the flames!”

(While she was burning at the stake.)

Nostradamus, 1566

“Tomorrow, at sunrise, I shall no

longer be here.”

(One of his better predictions.)

Elizabeth I, 1603

“All my possessions for a moment

of time.”

Che Guevara, 1967

“I know you are here to kill me. Shoot,

coward, you are only going to kill a man.”

Karl Marx, 1883

“Go on, get out! Last words are for

fools who haven’t said enough!”

Malcolm X, 1965
“Brothers! Brothers, please! This is a
house of peace!”
(Shortly before being killed by gunfire.) Bob Hope, 2003
“Surprise me.”
(When asked by his wife where he
wanted to be buried.)

Winston Churchill, 1965

“I’m bored with it all.”

Johann von Goethe, 1832

“Please open the second window

of the bedroom so that more light

can enter.”

Voltaire, 1778
“Now is not the time for making
new enemies.”
(After having been asked by a
priest to renounce Satan.)

Lady Diana, 1997

“My God, what’s happened?”

(After being fatally injured in a

car accident.)

Socrates, 399 BCE

“Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius.

Please, don’t forget to pay the debt.”

(Before drinking hemlock, which was

his death sentence.)

Illustration by Aida Novoa & Carlos Egan