10 People and Their Famous Last Words

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Churchill’s last words were, “I’m bored with it all.”("Мне это все надоело")

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilych Lenin’s last words were, “Good dog.” (Technically, he said vot sobaka.) He said this to a dog that brought him a dead bird.

Ernest Hemingway

Before Ernest Hemingway committed suicide, he told his wife Mary, “Goodnight, my kitten.”

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories, died at age 71 in his garden. He turned to his wife and said, “You are wonderful,” then clutched his chest(схватился за грудь) and died.

Benjamin Franklin

As Benjamin Franklin lay dying at the age of 84, his daughter told him to change position in bed so he could breathe more easily. Franklin’s last words were, “A dying man can do nothing easy.”

Richard Feynman

The physicist, author, musician, professor, and traveler died in Los Angeles in 1988. His last words? “This dying is boring.”

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci was also overly modest(сдержанный), saying, “I have offended(оскорбил) God and mankind(человечество) because my work did not reach the quality it should have.”

Isaac Newton

When Sir Isaac Newton died, he was humble(скромный). He said, “I don’t know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”

Vladimir Nabokov

Author Vladimir Nabokov was also an entomologist, particularly interested in butterflies. His last words: “A certain butterfly is already on the wing.”()

George Orwell

George Orwell's last written words were, “At 50, everyone has the face he deserves(заслуживать).” He died at age 46.

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra died after saying, “I’m losing it.”