15句不朽遗言名人临终遗言精选，英国历史学家和著名作家Terry Breverton编撰的《不朽遗言》(Immortal Last Words)一书*收录了370位历史名人的临终遗言。他们的话或惊世骇俗，或朴实无华，道尽了这些文人的半生痴狂半生癫……
1."We must be on you, but cannot see you-but gas is running low”-Mary Amelia Earhart
2."Death, the only immortal, who treats us alike, whose peace and refuge are for all. The soiled and the pure, the rich and the poor, the loved and the unloved"-Mark Twain
3."My last request: Everything I leave behind me…in the way of diaries, manuscripts, letters, sketches, and so on, [is] to be burned unread"-Franz Kafka
4."I’m tired of fighting, Dash. I guess this thing is going to get me.”-Harry Houdini
5."Go, stranger, and tell the Lacedaemonians [Spartans] that here we lie, obedient to their commands."-Leonidas, King of Sparta
6."All composite things pass away. Strive for your own liberation with diligence."-Buddha
7.“Come, come, no weakness; let’s be a man to the last!”“来吧，来吧，别软弱。让我们像男子汉一样死去!”——LORD BYRON1) (拜伦勋爵)
8.“We all reveal22) … our manifestations23) … This manifestation is over … That’s all.”“我们都来这儿……走了一遭……现在已经走到头了……就这样吧。”——LEO TOLSTOY24) (列夫·托尔斯泰)
9.All my possessions are for a moment of time.-Elizabeth I. Queen of England
10.Friends applaud, the comedy is finished. Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer Friends applaud, the comedy is finished. Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer
11.I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace.Thomas ket, Archbishop of Canterbury.
12.I have offended God and mankind ause my work did not reach the quality it should have.-Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian artist
13.I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring.-Rchard Feynman, American physicist
14.Now I have finished with all earthly business, and high time too. Yes, yes, my dear child ,now comes death -Franz Lehar Composer of the former empire of Austria-Hungary
15.The earth is suffocating …Swear to make them cut me open, so that I won't be buried alive.-Frederic Chopin, Polish composer