Cited in Allie Light, Irving Saraf (1983), "The Angel That Stands By Me"
“I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.”
Vogue (May 1984)
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French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager … 1889–1963Related quotes

The Last Song of Corinne
Translations, From the French

Take It Easy (co-written with Glenn Frey, 1971-1972), from For Everyman; previously recorded on The Eagles' album Eagles (1972)

Grown Old in Love
1800s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1807-1809)

On the aftermath of her suicide attempt, p. 160.
Autobiography

Quoted in The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, by Jeanne Theoharis (2013)

Hagakure (c. 1716)
Context: Although it is unfitting for someone like me to say this, in dying it is my hope not to become a Buddha. Rather, my will is permeated with the resolution to help manage the affairs of the province, though I be reborn as a Nabeshima samurai seven times. One needs neither vitality nor talent. In a word, it is a matter of having the will to shoulder the clan by oneself.

“My God, my God, have mercy on me, and on my poor people!”
Last words, as quoted in De Vader des Vaderlands (1941) by W. Berkelbach van der Sprenkel, p. 29
Variants:
O my God, have mercy on this poor people.
My God, have pity on my soul; my God, have pity on this poor people.
My God, have mercy on my soul and on these poor people.
My God, have pity on my soul; I am badly wounded. My God, have pity on my soul and on this poor people!