Friends applaud, the comedy is over.

Applaud friends, the comedy is over. (Said as he was dying)

Applaud my friends, the comedy is over...
[on his death bed]

Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est.

(Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.)

[Said on his deathbed]

Nothing is more intolerable than to have admit to yourself your own errors.

Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.