“In this faith I wish to live and die.”
Francois Villon book Le Testament
En ceste foy je vueil vivre et mourir.
Source: Le Grand Testament (The Great Testament) (1461), Line 882; "Ballade pour Prier Nostre Dame (Ballade as a Prayer to Our Lady)".
“In this faith I wish to live and die.”
Francois Villon book Le Testament
En ceste foy je vueil vivre et mourir.
Source: Le Grand Testament (The Great Testament) (1461), Line 882; "Ballade pour Prier Nostre Dame (Ballade as a Prayer to Our Lady)".
“I was born poor, I have lived poor, I wish to die poor.”
Pope Pius X (1835–1914) Catholic Pope and saint
His last will, as quoted in an obituary in The Maine Catholic Historical Magazine (1914) Volumes 3-6, p. 17
“You know what I wish? I wish all the scum of the Earth had one throat and I had my hands about it.”
Alan Moore (1953) English writer primarily known for his work in comic books
Source: Absolute Watchmen
“I wish you all full plates, glasses, tables, and hearts.”
Morgan Murphy (food critic) (1972) Southern writer
Source: <i>Bourbon & Bacon</i> (2014), p. 288
“I wish to believe in immortality-I wish to live with you forever.”
John Keats (1795–1821) English Romantic poet
“He who does not wish to die cannot have wished to live.”
Seneca the Younger book Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XXX: On conquering the conqueror