Oscar Wilde’s last words were reportedly “This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do.” That would be funny, except I once had a hideous case of food ...

Either this wallpaper goes or I do ... it's simply hard to know exactly what Augustus's last words were in reality. 'Is it the Fourth?' — Thomas Jefferson, US president Thomas Jefferson ...

Oscar Wilde, dying in a room with hideous wallpaper ... RBTH recalls the words of Russian writers uttered moments before their last breath. 1. “A certain butterfly is already on the wing.” ...

“This wallpaper is dreadful ... these might be good last words for you. I’m pretty sure this is Latin; anyway, it means, “Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.” 4.

And 100 years after he died, he had the last word when the cursed wallpaper was replaced by red, blue, green and gold frescos based on designs by his friend Aubrey Beardsley. If we can’t be as ...

Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough ... Oscar Wilde: ““My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go.” Known for his wit, the ...

When it comes to last words, there's a kind of poetry in even the oddest ones. Oscar Wilde hated the wallpaper in the room where he died: "One of us has to go," he muttered. Salvador Dali ...

Some have argued he really said, Kismet, the Turkish word for fate ... famously witty Wilde did once utter a similar phrase: My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death.