Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Last Words: Marie Antoinette



“Pardon me, sir. I did not do it on purpose.”

- Marie Antoinette (1755 – 1793)

Words to her executioner when she accidentally stepped on his foot as she approached the guillotine, convicted of treason and about to be beheaded.

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