Oscar Wilde's last words were "either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

Oscar Wilde shared a strained relationship with the wall paper that surrounded him in his last days.

Oscar Wilde was the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest. However, while The Importance of Being Earnest was still on stage in London, Wilde was having the father of his lover, prosecuted for libel.

The trial led to evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and resulted in his own arrest. He was sentenced to two years’ hard labour.

By the age of 46, he had been released and was destitute. He eventually found himself living in a cheap boarding house, lying on his death bed, and staring at what was some atrocious wallpaper. His last were apparently, “Either that wallpaper goes or I do.”