And where have I heard this speech before?

Oh yeah...

"At last, while his companions one and all urged him to save himself as soon as possible from the indignities that threatened him, he bade them dig a grave in his presence, proportioned to the size of his own person, and at the same time bring water and wood for properly disposing of his body. As each of these things was done, he wept and said again and again: 'Qualis artifex pereo!' ('What an artist is lost in me!')"

Too late! This is fidelity!