last words

"The tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmony"
William Shakespeare, Richard II, II.1.5-6

Here is an online collection of recorded famous last words, both fictional and factual although I was really only interested in the latter.

I guess I find it so fascinating because if ever a person is to be honest, to be truthful - be it only as to their personality and not to the content of what they say - last words are it.

And you gotta give it to Karl Marx when asked if he had any last words:
"Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!"