In 1880 the London humor magazine “Punch” published a poem about a traveler titled “The Briton’s Return” which contained similar wordplay: 1880 September 25, Punch Or The London Charivari, The Briton’s Return, Quote, Column 1, Published at the Office, Fleet Steet, London. For many of the latter the compiler is indebted to the courtesy of Mr Robert Ross.īelow are additional selected citations in chronological order. Some are taken from unpublished manuscripts, others are traditional. Many quotations are made from works little known to the general reader. He may have supplied the quotation to Millard: 1910, The Oscar Wilde Calendar: A Quotation from the Works of Oscar Wilde for Every Day in the Year with Some Unrecorded Sayings Selected by Stuart Mason, Section: Acknowledgement, Quote , … Continue reading Ross was a close friend and literary executor of Wilde.
Millard mentioned Robert Ross in the acknowledgement section of the calendar. Boldface added to excerpts by QI: 1910, The Oscar Wilde Calendar: A Quotation from the Works of Oscar Wilde for Every Day in the Year with Some Unrecorded Sayings Selected by Stuart Mason (Christopher Sclater Millard), Quotation for … Continue readingĪt the New York Custom House: “I have nothing to declare except my genius.” For each day of the year a quotation ascribed to Wilde was presented, and the following appeared for January 4th. The remark appeared within “The Oscar Wilde Calendar” of 1910 compiled by Stuart Mason, a pseudonym for Christopher Sclater Millard. Here is a summary with dates:ġ910: I have nothing to declare except my geniusġ912: He had nothing to declare except his geniusġ912: He had nothing to declare but his geniusġ913: I have nothing to declare but my geniusġ917: He had nothing to declare save his geniusġ917: He had nothing to declare but geniusġ934: I have nothing but my genius to declare
Often it has been presented from a third person perspective. Yet, the earliest evidence of the quip known to QI appeared in 1910.
Quote Investigator: Oscar Wilde entered New York in January 1882. Would you please explore the provenance of this remark? A customs official in New York asked him if he had anything to declare, and he supposedly replied: O’Connor? Arthur Ransome? Frank Harris? Sylvestre Dorian? Apocryphal?ĭear Quote Investigator: According to legend, the famous wit Oscar Wilde delivered a comically audacious line when he first entered the United States during his lecture tour. 99), quoting 1996 edition of Gide’s journal, pp.Oscar Wilde? Stuart Mason? Christopher Sclater Millard? Robert Ross? Elizabeth P.
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Conversation with André Gide in Algiers, quoted in letter by Gide to his mother (30 January 1895) popularized by Gide and often subsequently quoted in Gide’s later work and in "Gide, André (1869-1951)" at Standing Ovations the conversation was again recalled in Gide’s journal of (3 July 1913), quoted in “André Gide’s ‘Hommage à Oscar Wilde’ or ‘The Tale of Judas’”, Victoria Reid (University of Glasgow, UK), Chapter 5 in, edited by Stefano Evangelista (8 July 2010) part of a Continuum series The Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe,, pp.More on this quote: J’ai mis tout mon génie dans ma vie je n’ai mis que mon talent dans mes œuvres. “Oscar Wilde Quotes: 1–30 of 310 Quotes.” Last modified August 4, 2021.
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