[Ads-l] Fw: Oscar Wilde Quote

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Back in November the saying below was discussed on this mailing list.
Now I've created an entry for the Quote Investigator website:

Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes
http://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/01/12/drinking/

[Begin acknowledgement]
Great thanks to Fred Shapiro whose inquiry led QI to formulate this
question and perform this exploration. Shapiro is the editor of "The
Yale Book of Quotations" which contains the key 1916 ascription to
Oscar Wilde. Special thanks to top researchers S. M. Colowick and
Stephen Goranson who located valuable citations in 1909, 1911, and
1915. Thanks also to discussant Laurence Horn.
[End acknowledgement]

Feedback welcome
Garson


On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 8:36 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> The quip appeared in the caption of a cartoon in April 1902:
>
> Date: April 08, 1902
> Newspaper: Ottumwa Semi-Weekly Courier
> Newspaper Location: Ottumwa, Iowa
> Cartoon Title: VICE VERSA
> Description: One-Panel Cartoon Caption
> Quote Page 10
> Database: Chronicling America
>
> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86061214/1902-04-08/ed-1/seq-10.pdf
>
> [Begin caption]
> "I tell you, my friend, drink is the
> curse of the working classes."
> "And I tells you work is the curse of
> the drinkin' classes."
> [End caption]
>
> Garson
>
>

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