It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done

Cultural  

1. A sentence from the end of A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens. The character who is speaking has nobly chosen to die in place of another man.

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Example Sentences

My only disappointment was that he opted not to include what was, for me, the most unforgettable of all last lines of classic fiction, uttered by Sydney Carton on his way to the guillotine in place of his friend Charles Darnay in Charles Dickens’s “A Tale of Two Cities”: “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”

From Washington Post

At the end, in a graveyard elegy, Alfred reads the last lines from : “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better place that I go to than I have ever known.”

From Time

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."

From Project Gutenberg

It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done, so to speak.

From Project Gutenberg

He spoke aloud those great last words: "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to—" A whiskered head on the end of a long, corrugated red neck protruded from the smokehouse door.

From Project Gutenberg