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— Ḫattušili I, Hittite king (17th century BCE), probably addressing his wife or favorite concubine and expressing his fear of death while being gravely ill. [note 1] "Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him." [6] [7] [8]
— Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American humanist and writer (17 August 1935), in her suicide note "Telephone and say that they must still enlarge it–Always larger, broader, more universal–It's the only means of saving the world." [3] — Henri Barbusse, French novelist and Communist (30 August 1935), referring to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
— Jonathan Aurthur, American wetlands advocate and author (c. 22 November 2004); his suicide note, found in his car after he jumped to his death in Angeles National Forest "Van Halen!" [58] — Dimebag Darrell (8 December 2004), American guitarist shot on stage while performing with his new band "Damageplan" "I look forward to taking that off ...
Family quotes from famous people. 11. “In America, there are two classes of travel—first class and with children.” —Robert Benchley (July 1934) 12. “There is no such thing as fun for the ...
Walken, along with Wagner, were two of the three people on Wood and Wagner’s boat, the Splendour, when she was found dead on Nov. 29, 1981.
Although Suetonius, Cassius Dio, and probably Plutarch as well seem to have believed Caesar died without saying anything further, [12] the first two also reported that, according to others, Caesar had spoken the Greek phrase "καὶ σύ τέκνον" (Kaì sý, téknon - You too, child) to Brutus, as (in Suetonius) or after (in Dio) that senator struck at him.
That's where these 115 hard work quotes come into play. They offer lots of encouraging words to give us a little motivation to get up and start doing. ... motivated and inspired by these famous ...
These are a series of incomplete lists of unusual deaths, unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The death of Aeschylus , killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle , illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [ 1 ]