Man's relation to death is a great mystery. No matter what he says about this during his lifetime, only he knows about real feelings in the minute before death. People who seek to lift the veil of this mystery collect and examine the last words spoken by a person before death. Of particular interest are the statements of people who left a noticeable mark in history and culture. As a rule, their last words have a deep meaning and significance for posterity. Today we bring to the attention of the reader another publication.
DENIS IVANOVICH FONVIZIN (1745-1792), Russian writer
Shortly before his death, Fonvizin, already paralyzed, rode in a wheelchair in front of the university and shouted to students: “This is what literature brings to. Never be a writer! Never engage in literature!”
ALEXANDER NIKOLAEVICH RADISHCHEV (1749-1802), Russian philosopher and writer
From the memoirs of his son, Pavel Alexandrovich: “... at ten o'clock in the morning, Radishchev, feeling unwell and taking medicine, incessantly worrying, suddenly takes a glass with “strong vodka” prepared in it (a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids) to burn out old officer epaulettes his eldest son and drinks it all at once. Then, grabbing a razor, he wants to kill himself. His eldest son noticed this, rushes to him and pulls out the razor. "I will have to suffer," said Radishchev. An hour later, the life physician Ville arrives, sent by Emperor Alexander I. Ville shouts: “Water, water!” And prescribes medicine. But there was little hope ... Before his death, Radishchev said: “Descendants will avenge me ... " .
IVAN SERGEEVICH TURGENEV (1809-1883), Russian writer
His last words were addressed to the Viardot family surrounding him: “Closer, closer to me, and let me feel all of you near me ... The time has come to say goodbye ... Forgive me!”
NIKOLAY VASILIEVICH GOGOL (1810-1852), Russian writer
He died of malarial encephalitis in terrible agony. His inadequate mental state, caused by illness, was the cause of the tragedy when, a few days before his death, he burned the second volume of Dead Souls. Count A.P. Tolstoy, in whose house Gogol lived, invited the Moscow luminaries of medicine to the sick writer, but all was in vain.
He died on February 21 at 8 am, leaving an inheritance in the amount of 43 rubles. 88 kop. and... his immortal name. His last words were: “Ladder. Crushes ... the stairs! And to the doctors: "Don't disturb me, for God's sake!"
VISSARION GRIGORYEVICH BELINSKY (1811-1848) Russian literary critic
According to eyewitnesses who were present at the death of the famous critic: “Belinsky, who was already lying in the heat, exhausted and without memory on the bed, suddenly, to their amazement, jumped up; flashing his eyes, he took a few steps, spoke some words indistinctly, but with energy, and began to fall. They supported him, put him to bed, and in a quarter of an hour he was gone ... "
NIKOLAI ALEKSANDROVICH DOBROLYUBOV (1836-1861), Russian philosopher and literary critic
From the memoirs of Avdotya Yakovlevna Panaeva, a close friend of Dobrolyubov: “I entrust my brothers to you ... Don’t let them spend money on stupid things ... Bury me easier and cheaper.” A little later he asked: “Give me your hand ...” I took his hand , she was cold ... He looked at me intently and said: “Goodbye ... go home! Soon!" Those were his last words.
FYODOR MIKHAILOVICH DOSTOYEVSKY (1821-1881), Russian writer
From the memoirs of the writer's wife: “... He kissed the lips of the children, they kissed him and, by order of the doctor, immediately left ... 2 hours before his death, when the children came to his call, Fyodor Mikhailovich ordered to give the Gospel to his son Fedya and, holding my hand in his, he said: “Poor ... dear, with what I leave you ... poor, how hard it will be for you to live.”
IVAN ALEKSANDROVICH GONCHAROV (1812-1891), Russian writer
In September, the ailing writer was transferred from his dacha to his city apartment, where medical care could be more accessible. On the night of September 15, Ivan Alexandrovich died quietly from pneumonia. Before his death, Goncharov asked his friends to be buried in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, somewhere on a hill near a cliff.
MIKHAIL EVGRAFOVICH SALTYKOV-SHCHEDRIN (1826-1889), Russian writer
“Before my death, I wanted to remind the public of some valuable and weighty words for her: shame, conscience, honor, etc., which others have forgotten and have no effect on anyone,” he said to Eliseev. “There were, you know, the words: well, conscience, fatherland, humanity ... there are others. Now take the trouble to look for them! We must remind them ... ”, - he said to Mikhailovsky. He got worse and worse. On the night of April 27-28, he had a stroke, and he lost consciousness, which never returned to him. He died on April 28 at 4 p.m.
MAXIM GORKY (1868-1936), Russian writer
On one of the last days of his life, he said in a barely audible voice: "Let me go." And the second time, when he could no longer speak, he pointed with his hand at the ceiling and doors, as if wanting to escape from the room. In the Socialist Bulletin of 1954, it was said that B. Gerland, a prisoner in the Gulag, in Vorkuta, worked in the infirmary with Professor Pletnev. He was sentenced to death for the murder of Gorky, but his death penalty was commuted to 25 years in the camps (later the term was reduced by 10 years). B. Gerland wrote: “Gorky liked to treat his visitors with bonbonnieres (sweets). This time he gave generously to two orderlies and ate a few himself. An hour later, all three began excruciating stomach pains, and death soon followed. An autopsy was performed, which showed that everyone died from poison.
LEV NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY (1828-1910), Russian writer
Leo Tolstoy died on the way south at the Ostapovo postal station. He muttered something indistinctly, as if in a dream: "... I love the truth more." "A lot, a lot ... presses ... presses, well," he suddenly shouted loudly, and ... the end came.
ANTON PAVLOVICH CHEKHOV (1860-1904), Russian writer
When the doctor arrived, Chekhov himself told him that he was dying and that he should not be sent for oxygen, because by the time it was brought, he would be dead. The doctor ordered to give the dying man a glass of champagne. Chekhov took a glass and, as Olga Leonardovna recalls, turned to her, smiled his amazing smile, said: “I haven’t drunk champagne for a long time.” He drank everything to the bottom, quietly lay down on his left side and soon left forever.
ALEXANDER STEPANOVICH GREEN (1880-1932), Russian writer
He died as hard as he lived. He asked to put his bed to the window. Outside the window, the distant Crimean mountains shone blue... A few days before his death, he was sent the author's copies of the last book, Autobiographical Tale, from Leningrad. Green smiled weakly, tried to read the inscription on the cover, but could not. The book fell from his hands. Green's eyes, which could see the world so unusually, were already dying. Green's last word was either a groan or a whisper: "I'm dying! .."
ALEXANDER IVANOVICH KUPRIN (1870-1938), Russian writer
From the memoirs of the writer’s daughter, Xenia: “Mom wrote down in her diary everything that my father said shortly before his death:“ I don’t want to die, I want life. wept: "Why am I sick? What happened? Don't leave me." “Mommy, how good life is! After all, we are in the Motherland, aren't we? Tell me, tell me, are there Russians around? How good it is! I feel something is not normal, call the doctor. Sit with me, mommy, it's so cozy when you're with me, next to me! I have a strange mind now, I don't understand everything. Here, here it begins, don't leave me. I'm scared"".
MIKHAIL MIKHAILOVICH PRISHVIN (1873-1954), Russian writer
From the memoirs of the writer’s wife, Valeria Dmitrievna: “Severe pains began in the afternoon, and he asked me anxiously: “How are we going to live now?” I tried my best to calm him down. A. and P. L. Kapits, drank his light wine with them, said that he was buying a new car - an “all-terrain vehicle” ... I listened to a new record with a recording of his voice. After seeing off the guests, he said that he was very tired, went to bed. He asked me to read poetry to him. I read Fet... He perked up. In bed, he talked very cheerfully with Rodionov, who had come. At about 12 o'clock in the morning, a heart attack began. Then he began to choke: he would sit down, then lie down, I supported him with my hands and said: “Be patient.” And he answered very energetically, even angrily: “This is about something else, but we have to deal with this ourselves.” Under the influence of pantopon, he calmed down, turned to the wall, put his hand under his cheek, as if settling down comfortably to fall asleep ... and quietly died".
NIKOLAI ALEKSEEVICH OSTROVSKY (1904-1936), Soviet writer
From the memoirs of his wife, Raisa Ostrovskaya: “He spoke to me about the fact that a person must be steadfast and courageous and not give up under the blows of life: “Anything happens in life, Raek ... Remember how life beat me, tried to knock me out of action . And I did not give up, stubbornly went to the intended goal. And he emerged victorious. Witnesses to this are my books. "I listened in silence. He asked me not to drop out of school ... Then he remembered our old mothers: "Our old women spent their whole lives taking care of us ... We owe them so much ... but give nothing we don’t have time ... Remember them, Rayusha, take care of them ... ”That night was endless ... Without regaining consciousness, he died in the evening, at 19 hours 50 minutes, on December 22, 1936.”
MIKHAIL AFANASIEVICH BULGAKOV (1891-1940), Russian writer
In her memoirs, the writer's wife, Elena Sergeevna Bulgakova, cites the last words of her husband: “He made me understand that he needed something, that he wanted something from me. I offered him medicine, drink, lemon juice, but I clearly understood that this was not the point. Then I guessed and asked: “Your things?” He nodded with such a look that both “yes” and “no”. I said: “Master and Margarita”? He, terribly delighted, made a sign with his head that “yes, this is ". And he squeezed out two words: “To know, to know.”
ALEXANDER ALEKSANDROVICH FADEEV (1901-1956), Soviet writer
According to the memoirs of the housekeeper Landysheva, Fadeev came to her kitchen on the morning of May 13, but refused breakfast, went to his office. Before shooting himself, he wrote a suicide letter addressed to the Central Committee of the CPSU: “I don’t see the opportunity to continue to live, since the art to which I gave my life has been ruined by the self-confidently ignorant leadership of the party, and now can no longer be corrected. The best cadres of literature - including a number that the tsar's satraps could not even dream of - were physically exterminated or perished thanks to the criminal connivance of those in power ... My life as a writer loses all meaning, and I am with great joy, as deliverance from this vile existence, where on meanness, lies and slander are falling upon you, I am leaving this life ... The last hope was to at least say this to the people who rule the state, but for the past three years, despite my requests, they can’t even accept me. I ask you to bury me next to my mother.”
VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH NABOKOV (1899-1977), Russian writer, Nobel laureate
The writer's son, Dmitry, says that when he said goodbye to his father on the eve of his death, the dying man's eyes suddenly filled with tears. “I asked why? He said that some butterflies must have already begun to fly ... "
MIKHAIL MIKHAILOVICH ZOSCHENKO (1894-1958), Soviet writer
He was alone. Lying with his coat on. There were vials of medicines on a chair nearby. The room was not tidy. Everywhere, on the table, on the books, there was dust. He was sad and said: “I keep thinking that a person needs to die on time. God, how right Mayakovsky was! I'm too late to die. You have to die on time."
VASILY MAKAROVICH SHUKSHIN (1929-1974), Soviet writer
From the memoirs of the artist Georgy Ivanovich Burkov: “The doctor was not on the ship: he left that day for a wedding in one of the villages. Validol did not help. I remembered that my mother drinks drops of Zelenin from the heart. Shukshin drank this medicine.
- Well, how, Vasya, is it easier?
- What do you think, does it work right away? We have to wait...
“You know,” Vasily Makarovich said after a short pause, “I just read in the book of memoirs about Nekrasov how he died hard and for a long time, he himself asked God for death.
- Yes throw you about it! Vasya, you know what, let me go to bed with you today ...
- Why is this? What am I, a girl or something, to protect me. If you need it, I'll call. Go to sleep.
These were his last words, in the morning he was found sleeping eternal sleep.
Based on the book by Varazdat Stepanyan “The dying words of famous people”, Faculty of Philology, St. Petersburg State University, 2002. Illustrations prepared by designer Marina Provotorova
The dying words of famous people...
Empress Elizaveta Petrovna extremely surprised the doctors when, half a minute before her death, she rose on pillows and, as always, threateningly, asked: "Am I still alive ?!"
But before the doctors had time to get scared, everything got better by itself.
Count Tolstoy said the last thing on his deathbed: "I would like to hear the gypsies - and nothing else is needed!"
Composer Edvard Grieg: "Well, if it's inevitable...".
Pavlov: "Academician Pavlov is busy. He is dying."
The famous naturalist Laseped ordered his son:
"Charles, write in large letters the word END at the end of my manuscript."
Physicist Gay-Lussac: "It's a pity to leave at such an interesting moment."
The legendary Kaspar Bekes, who lived all his life as a militant atheist, on his deathbed yielded to the persuasion of the pious Batory and agreed to receive a priest.
The priest tries to console Bekes with the fact that the latter is now leaving the vale of sorrows and will soon see a better world.
He listened, listened, then sat up on the couch and, with all his strength, distinctly expressed:
"Get out. Life is great." With which he died.
Daughter of Louis XV Louise: "Gallop to heaven! Gallop to heaven!".
Writer Gertrude Stein: "What is the question? What is the question? If there is no question, then there is no answer"
Victor Hugo: "I see a black light...".
Eugene O'Neill, writer:
"I knew it! I knew it! Born in a hotel and... damn it... dying in a hotel."
The only thing he managed to say before the death of Henry VIII: "Monks ... monks ... monks."
On the last day of his life, he was tormented by hallucinations.
But Henry's heirs, just in case, persecuted all available monasteries, suspecting that one of the priests had poisoned the king.
George Byron: "Well, I went to bed."
Louis XIV shouted at the household: "Why are you roaring? Did you think I was immortal?"
The father of dialectics, Friedrich Hegel: "Only one person understood me throughout my life ... But in essence ... he did not understand me either!".
Vaslav Nijinsky, Anatole France, Garibaldi whispered the same word before their death: "Mother!".
"Wait a minute". This was said by Pope Alexander VI.
Everyone did just that, but, alas, nothing happened, dad still died.
Euripides, who, according to rumors, was simply terrified of his imminent death, when asked what such a great philosopher could be afraid of in death, replied: "That I know nothing."
Dying, Balzac recalled one of the characters in his stories, an experienced doctor Bianchon: "He would have saved me ...".
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: "Hope! .. Hope! Hope! .. Damned!"
Mikhail Romanov before the execution gave the executioners his boots: "Use, guys, after all, royal."
Spy dancer Mata Hari blew a kiss to soldiers aiming at her: "I'm ready, boys."
The philosopher Immanuel Kant uttered just one word just before his death: "Enough."
One of the cinematographer brothers, 92-year-old O. Lumiere: "My film is running out."
Ibsen, having lain for several years in dumb paralysis, stood up and said: "On the contrary!" - and died.
Nadezhda Mandelstam to her nurse: "Don't be afraid."
Somerset Maugham: "Dying is boring. Never do it!".
Heinrich Heine: "God forgive me! This is his job."
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev on his deathbed uttered a strange: "Farewell, my dear, my whitish ...".
The poet Felix Arver, hearing that the nurse says to someone: "This is at the end of the corridor", groaned with his last strength: "Not a corridor, but a corridor" and died.
Artist Antoine Watteau: "Get this cross away from me! How could Christ be depicted so badly!"
Oscar Wilde, who was dying in a hotel room, looked around with fading eyes at the tasteless wallpaper on the walls and sighed:
"They're killing me. One of us will have to leave." He left.
The wallpaper remains.
But the last words of Einstein have sunk into oblivion - the nurse did not know German ..
Julius Caesar
In 44 BC, the Republicans, not wanting Caesar to turn the Roman Republic into a monarchy, arrange a conspiracy. Guy Julius Caesar was stabbed to death with knives. 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 is pronounced when they want to point out the betrayal of a friend.
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 died at home. Next to him was I. T. Spassky and Vladimir Ivanovich Dal, who kept a diary of the medical history. Thanks to this diary, Pushkin's last words are known:
The pulse began to drop and soon disappeared altogether, and the hands began to get cold. Two o'clock struck on the afternoon of January 29, and there was only three-quarters of an hour's life left in Pushkin. The cheerful spirit still retained its power; occasionally only half-drowsiness, oblivion clouded his thoughts and soul for a few seconds. Then the dying man, several times, gave me his hand, squeezed it and said: "Well, lift me up, let's go, but higher, higher, well, let's go." Coming to his senses, he said to me: "I dreamed that I was climbing high with you on these books and shelves and my head was spinning." Once or twice he looked at me intently and asked: "Who is this, you?" "Me, my friend." "What is it," he continued, "I couldn't recognize you." A little later, without opening his eyes, he again began to look for my hand and, holding it out, said: "Well, let's go, please, and together!" I approached V. A. Zhukovsky and gr. Vielgorsky and said: depart! Pushkin opened his eyes and asked for soaked cloudberries; when they brought it, 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, another and leaned her face against her husband's forehead. Pushkin stroked her head and said: "Well, nothing, thank God, everything is fine."
Friends, neighbors silently surrounded the departing head; I, at his request, took him under the armpits 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 did not hear it through and asked quietly: "What's over?" "Life is over," he answered distinctly and positively. "It's hard to breathe, it's crushing," were his last words.. All the local calm spread over the whole body; hands were cold to the very shoulders, toes, feet and knees also; jerky, rapid breathing changed more and more into slow, quiet, drawn-out; another 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 soothsayer of the 15th century has become a household name. He predicted the death of Henry II at the tournament. For this they wanted to burn him. However, he was saved by Catherine de Medici, Queen of France. Catherine was always 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 confuse his predictions in verse even more so as not to incur the wrath of people.
Predicted the coming of three antichrists, the first was Napoleon, the second Hitler, and the third is yet to appear in the future.
It is said that when predicting the events of 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: "I won't be here tomorrow"
It is a nickname. Real name William Sydney Porter. For some time he worked 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 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 ahead of schedule, 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, later he was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver and diabetes. Before his death on the night of June 5, 1910, while in the 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 "luxury" world without 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 after raising children. Politics and numbers were boring, and therefore completely trusted to the king. However, the king did 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 finally rebelled after many years of famine, 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 legislature of France was supposed to finally do away with the monarchy, and therefore with the king. First, the death sentence was passed on King Louis 16, he was soon executed. Marie Antoinette was placed in prison, taking away the children by force. After they were accused of betrayal, ties with enemies and embezzlement of the state treasury. At all trials, the queen defended herself cleverly and decisively. But slander is a sure 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 saying a word and not showing a drop of weakness on her face. The next morning the Queen walked proudly to the scaffold. Her face showed no emotion. Accidentally stepping on the foot of the executioner, the queen, according to the rules of etiquette, which she always considered boring apologized and said“Please excuse me, monsieur. I didn't do it on purpose.” Those were her last words.
Leonardo Da Vinci
The painting was painted by François-Guillaume Menagot. Death of Leonardo da Vinci at 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, secret signs and secrets are found. And the most famous portrait of Mona Lisa still amazes the minds of many people.
The last days of Leonardo speak of 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 for his own funeral. Among his demands were even the number and weight of the candles to be lit during mass on the day of his burial. It seems as if death was the last mystery he wished to comprehend.
Three paintings were with the artist at the time of his death: Saint John the Baptist, Saint Anna and the famous portrait of a smiling woman, the Mona Lisa. It is believed that this choice was not accidental. It is said that during a confession before a priest, Leonardo asked for forgiveness for the paintings, which are contrary to tradition. Leonardo da Vinci's last great words were: "I offended God and people, because in my work I did not reach the height to which I aspired."
Rafael Santi
Henry Nelson O'Neil's painting "The Last Moments of Raphael" The dying artist looks and points to his latest 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 very hard, painted many paintings, the most famous of which is the Sistine Madonna (Italian: Madonna Sistina). The chambers of the Vatican Palace are also painted by Raphael. The lifetime glory of the artist was so great that he was called happy. Rafael lived in luxury and enjoyed universal reverence. He was the ideal courtier. Perfect appearance, refined manners, the ability to maintain scholarly conversations.
Being spoiled by female attention, he chose a simple girl as his wife, the daughter of a baker with an angelic appearance. Some believe that Psyche and the Sistine Madonna are endowed with her appearance.
Raphael died unexpectedly, after a short illness, on his 37th birthday on April 6, 1520. They say that before his death Raphael spoke a short"Happy".
Benjamin Franklin
Father of the founder of American politics Benjamin Franklin. Opened America's first public library. He devoted a lot of time to physics, politics and social activities. So he introduced the charge designation + and -, which we still use in everyday life (batteries).
In history, he remained the only politician who signed all three documents that marked the formation of the American state. Treaty of Paris, as well as a constitution and a 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 that he himself formulated:
- temperance
- Silence
- Love for order
- Determination
- Thrift
- industriousness
- Sincerity
- Justice
- Moderation
- Cleanliness
- calmness
- Chastity
- Meekness
The great scientist and politician died at the age of 84. When the daughter asked the 84-year-old seriously ill Franklin to lie down differently so that he could breathe easier, the old man, anticipating the imminent end, grumpily said“Nothing comes easy to a dying man.”
About 20,000 people came to his funeral, despite the fact that the city had a total population of about 33,000. Since 1914, Franklin has been featured on all US $100 bills.
Winston Churchill
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Nistr and politician of Great Britain. He entered 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, urged the British to wage an active war against Nazi Germany and supported the Soviet people in this struggle.
Churchill was philosophical about death. He said: “I am not afraid of death, but I am going to do it in 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 with 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 in the city, the script for which was written by Winston himself. Until recently, Churchill did not give up bad habits, still smoked a lot of cigars and did not deny himself delicious food. They say his last words were: "How I'm tired of all this"
Steve Jobs
Billionaire, one of the founders of Apple. A short interview or words he said in the hospital room before his death appeared on the network. It is not known whether these were his 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, apart from work, I have little joy. After all, wealth is just a fact of life that I'm used to.
At this point, lying in a hospital bed and looking back on my entire life, I realize that all the recognition and riches that I was so proud of lost their 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 repetitive mechanical sound, I feel the breath of God and the approach of death. Now that we have accumulated enough wealth, it is 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 happened to me. God gave us feelings to bring our love to every heart, not illusions about wealth.
The wealth that I have accumulated in my life, I cannot take with me. All that I can take away is only memories caused by love. This is true wealth that should follow you, accompany you, give you strength and light to go 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 instead of you.
The material things we lose can still be found. But there's one thing you'll never find if you've lost it, and that's life.
No matter what stage of life we are in right now, everyone is waiting for the day when the curtain comes down.
Your treasures are love for your family, your lover, your friends...
None of us like death. None of us likes to talk about it (teenagers are not taken into account, because these creatures are not yet ripe for such conversations at all). Some claim that they are not at all afraid of death, while others, on the contrary, are horrified at the mere thought that their life will someday end.
"Tomorrow I will die, and you with me"
“When my beloved grandmother was dying, someone had to be in the room with her all the time. The guard was changed three times a day. One night my dear cousin volunteered to babysit her. They got along pretty well while she was still well, and when he volunteered to babysit her, everyone immediately knew that they would chat all night, or he would start rereading her favorite book to her. The house Granny lived in was a little creepy. The light in the hallway was constantly flickering, and in the guest bedroom it could even turn off for several hours. I loved my grandma, but I didn't really want to stay overnight in that creepy house.
According to the cousin, the night he stayed at her house, the grandmother abruptly got out of bed at about one in the morning. When he returned from the kitchen, he saw that she was standing on the second floor in one nightgown and, in the truest sense of the word, making faces at someone. When my cousin asked her what was really going on, she replied: “I just want the man who is standing on the stairs to pay attention to me!” The next day, my cousin stayed with Grandma again, and when the clock was about six in the evening, Grandma called him over and said, “Nothing really matters. Tomorrow I will die, and you will be with me." He called us urgently and said he couldn't babysit granny anymore, and I totally understand him." - peppermint_toad.
"Why are they here?"
“When my grandmother died, my mother was always next to her bed. Once I heard their conversation, in which my grandmother constantly asked the same question to my mother: “Why are they here?”. I was seriously scared, but as my mother later explained to me, it was a kind of transition from the world of the living to the world of the dead ”- feegleshmaken.
“I see the line. Tell your mom that I'll be back"
“I am a paramedic by profession and have seen a lot of things over the years. The first incident I want to tell you about happened not so long ago. One elderly lady, grabbing my hand, began to talk about the fact that next to her was a headless man and some girl. They want to take her away, but she won't go to heaven. By the way, that night she died from internal bleeding. The second time I will never forget. Even when I first started working, we were called because there was a major car accident. When we arrived at the scene, we saw that the woman who was driving survived with virtually no injuries, but her nine-year-old son was bleeding. When we rushed him to the hospital, he looked at me and said, “I see the line. Tell your mom that I'll be back." His eyes closed smoothly and we began resuscitation, but he never survived” – medic1947.
"Help, they're torturing me"
“I work in a hospital as a resuscitator, and when your patient dies, it's always hard. Once, a girl came to me in a very serious condition. She had numerous injuries to her head, pelvis, arms, and so on. I won't bore you with talking about injuries. So, when I was around, she half-deliriously pulled me by the sleeve and opened her eyes so wide, as if she saw something terrible. All I could hear before her heart stopped was, "Help, they're torturing me." I still feel uncomfortable about this incident” – Ephy_Chan.
"The devil was in my room all night, but don't worry, God is with you"
““The devil was in my room all night, but don’t worry, God is with you” - this is the phrase repeated by one patient of our hospital who was dying. Toward morning he had a terrible attack, and he died with wide eyes and a terrible grimace on his face. He also screamed about the "Devil" all night long and said over and over, "Get out of here! Get out of here!" This building is going to explode!” – Coyena.
“I have faced death many times before”
“This guy was going to have breakfast and he refused to check his blood glucose. Since we were already familiar with his medical history, we suspected that he might need insulin. I expressed my concern, but he answered me: "I have faced death many times." By the way, the guy did not lie, he was really seriously ill and for the past six months he has practically gone blind. I came back 30 minutes later to check it out. He was unconscious and turned almost blue. We immediately took him to intensive care, although it was clear to the naked eye that he was in a deep coma, and his brain was most likely already dead. He was on life support for another week, and then his relatives finally decided to turn him off.” – Damnmorrisdancer.
Last words before the death of great people...
-Vatslav Nijinsky, Anatole France, Garibaldi, Byron whispered the same word before their death: "Mother!"
- "And now do not believe everything that I have said, because I am the Buddha, but check everything on your own experience. Be your own guiding light" - the last words of the Buddha
- "It's done" - Jesus
Winston Churchill was very tired of life by the end, and his last words were: "How I'm tired of all this"
Oscar Wilde died in a room with tasteless wallpaper. The approaching death did not change his attitude to life. After the words: "Killer coloring! One of us will have to get out of here", he left
Alexandre Dumas: "So I won't know how it will end"
James Joyce: "Is there a soul here who can understand me?" -Alexander Blok: "Russia ate me like a stupid pig of its own pig"
François Rabelais: "I'm going to look for the great "Maybe"
Somerset Maugham: "Dying is boring and dreary. My advice to you is never do it"
Anton Chekhov died in the German resort town of Badenweiler. A German doctor treated him to champagne (according to the ancient German medical tradition, a doctor who has diagnosed his colleague with a fatal diagnosis puts champagne on a dying man). Chekhov said "Ich sterbe", drank the glass to the bottom, and said: "I haven't drunk champagne for a long time"
Henry James: "Well, finally, I was honored" -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 forgive me. This is his job"
The last words of Johann Goethe are widely known: "Open wider the shutters, more light!". But not everyone knows that before that he asked the doctor how much he still had left, and when the doctor replied that there was one hour left, Goethe breathed a sigh of 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 roaring? Did you think I was immortal?" - "Sun King" Louis XIV
Countess Dubarry, 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: "Excuse me, please, monsieur, I did it by accident"
Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle: "So this is what it is, this death!"
Composer Edvard Grieg: "Well, if it's inevitable..."
Nero: "What a great artist is dying!"
Balzac, before his death, remembered one of his literary heroes, an experienced doctor Bianchon, and said: "He would have saved me."
Leonardo da Vinci: "I insulted God and people! My works have not reached the height to which I aspired!"
-The author of the words "a thought uttered is a lie" Fyodor Tyutchev: "What a torment that you cannot find a word to convey a thought"
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 brothers-filmmakers, 92-year-old Auguste Lumiere: "My film is running out"
American businessman Abrahim Hewitt tore off the mask of the oxygen apparatus and said: "Leave it! I'm already dead ..."
The Spanish general, statesman Ramon Narvaez, when asked by the confessor whether he asks for forgiveness from his enemies, smiled wryly and replied: "I have no one to ask for forgiveness. All my enemies have been shot."
When the Prussian king Frederick I died, the priest at his bedside read prayers. At the words "I came into this world naked and I will leave naked," Friedrich pushed him away with his hand and exclaimed: "Don't you dare bury me naked, not in full dress!"
Mikhail Romanov before the execution gave the executioners his boots - "Use, guys, after all, royal"
Sick Anna Akhmatova after an injection of camphor: "Still, I feel very bad!".
Ibsen, after lying paralyzed for several years, stood up and said: "On the contrary!" - and died.
Nadezhda Mandelstam to her nurse: "Don't be afraid!"
Lytton Strachey: "If this is death, I don't like it"
James Thurber: "God bless you, damn it!"
Paulette Brilat-Savarin, the sister of the famous French deli, on her 100th birthday, after the third course, feeling the approach of death, said: "Serve compote quickly - I'm dying."
The famous English surgeon Joseph Green, as a 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 dears. See you tomorrow."
Einstein's last words remained unknown because the nurse did not understand German.
