Finis

May it not be that, in this generation, the word "finis" is being written to that conception which characterized the 18th and 19th centuries, and may we not he at the beginning of the new and different era of human history? ❋ Unknown (1932)

In all things the word finis must be written in good season; self-control must be exercised when the matter becomes urgent; the bolt must be drawn on appetite; one must set one's own fantasy to the violin, and carry one's self to the post. ❋ Unknown (1862)

I wrote the word finis at the end of the sixty-eighth strip about a week ago. ❋ Alexandre Dumas P��re (1836)

Duchess is disgraced -- all the characters stand in the well-defined semicircle which is the stage method of writing the word "finis" -- Mrs. Yates speaks a very neat and pointed "tag" -- and that's all. ❋ Various (N/A)

In all things the word finis must be written in good season; self-control must be exercised when the matter becomes urgent; the bolt must be drawn on appetite; one must set one’s own fantasy to the violin, and carry one’s self to the post. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Venianius ad alias finis divisioncs, qu» s rcn judico fore inutiles pro argumento prapsenti. ❋ Joseph Chantre Herrera, Giovanni Vincenzo Bolgeni (1792)

From title to "finis" the book abounds in wit and humor which will make you scream as loud as the eagle on the cover. ❋ Mary E. Blain (N/A)

This was the work with which our battalion, and others, had been occupied and was just about completed when, true to their word, the Heinies started in, systematically, to write "finis" for Dickebusch. ❋ Herbert Wes McBride (N/A)

For if genuinely unfit, the fact was speedily demonstrated; whereas if merely shamming, discovery overtook him with a certainty that wrote "finis" to his last hope. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The book is of special interest to girls, but when a grown-up gets hold of it there follows a one-session under the reading lamp with "finis" at the end. ❋ Jane Abbott (N/A)

Dr. Tylor's own work and the work of his fellow labourers tell the story in detail, and although no one is in a position to write "finis" to it, there is no doubt as to what its end will be. ❋ Chapman Cohen (N/A)

I read the pamphlet through, from title page to "finis," calculations, figures, and all; and no reader ever had a more attentive listener. ❋ John Sherburne Sleeper (N/A)

When the governor was so summarily deposed in Boston the people brought the charter from its hiding-place, the general court reassembled, and the "finis" disappeared. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

And so, having nearly burnt a house down, and perhaps myself with it, I had written "finis" to my four-act play called _Judas_. ❋ Harry Kemp (1921)

"No. But this time you're not going to scrawl 'finis' exactly when you want to." ❋ Robert Smythe Hichens (1907)

He did not read much, his eyes straying from the printed page before him to the "finis" writing itself slowly on Jules Levice's face, and thence to Ruth's pale profile; she was crying, -- so quietly, though, that but for the visible tears an onlooker might not have known it; she herself did not, -- her heart was silently overflowing. ❋ Emma Wolf (1898)

Judge Lawrence had been a widower more than a year when the Baroness took the book of his heart, in which he supposed the hand of romance had long ago written "finis," and turning it to his astonished eyes revealed a whole volume of love's love. ❋ Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1887)

If he mistook her for a thief all was not lost and she would not have to write "finis" as yet to this important case. ❋ J. Allen St. [Illustrator] John (1887)

Anna had felt in those days of waiting that she could never again be happy; that for her "finis" had been written by the fates. ❋ Joseph Rhode Grismer (1885)

-Hey, do you guys use the same books as us? --I think so, we're up to the part about [the ghost]. -EVERYBODY [FUCKING DIES] IN [FINIS] --Dick. ❋ David Bumpass (2007)

[I love] my [fianc]é Finie. ❋ Procrastinatron (2011)

Fini [really] is [an angel] ♡ ❋ Urverygaymaam (2021)

"Yeah, I saw her [online] last night, but [unfortunately] she looks [finy]." ❋ DancesWithSarcasm (2009)

1. [Rob] [Fini], I am going to [punch you in the face]. 2. I'll do it Fini. ❋ Dan Podheiser (2005)

[Caesar's] [dressing] is "fini" all over his [salad]. ❋ White Man Cant Swim Either (2011)

"[Finis]," Mark said. "[What does] that mean?" [Chris] asked. "Finis, [finis], stop saying finis," Mark said. "WHAT ARE U SAYING!" Chris exclaimed ❋ DryBass69 (2016)

fini is a pretty handsome and [epic] [animator]? right... yeah [i agree]! ❋ Ur Mom Epic Gamer Dab Ekks Dee (2020)

"Dude, [this chick] was such a [nasty slut]. She demanded that I gave her a Dirty [Fini] when she found out how much Coke I had." ❋ Websterduude (2020)

Thatssss a finy moment. ❋ Martin Martinson (2023)