"The optimist proclaims we life in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimists fears this is true."
"She sleeps alone at last."
Suggested epitaph for an actress
"Excuse my dust"
Epitaph
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot."
Spanish general and political leader said on deathbed when a priest asked if he forgave his enemies.
"I cannot imagine any condition which would cause this ship to founder. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that."
Captain of the Titanic
"Good-bye. I am leaving because I am bored."
dying words
"I don't feel good."
"I have spent a lot of time searching through the Bible for loopholes."
during his last illness
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist---"
general, dying words, 1864
"I am about to--or I am going to--die; either expression is used."
French grammarian, dying words
"There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry"
Quotedb: The Quotations Database
