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“To see Good Tennis! What divine joy Can fill our leisure, or our minds employ? Let other people play at other things; The King of Games is still the Game of Kings.”

Quote by James Kenneth Stephen

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James Kenneth Stephen

James Kenneth Stephen was a British poet, born on February 25, 1859, and died on February 3, 1892. His poetry is known for its deep emotion and unique style. more

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“There were two good fellows I used to know. --How distant it all appears! We played together in football weather, And messed together for years: Now one of them's wed, and the other's dead So long that he's hardly missed Save by us, who messed with him years ago: But we're all in the old School List.”

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“I see drawings and pictures in the poorest huts, in the dirtiest corner. And my mind is drawn toward these things by an irresistible force.”

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“In short, if your body or mind Or your soul or your purse come to grief, You need only get drunk, and you'll find Complete and immediate relief.”

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“To tell you the truth although it would put £500 in my pockets to specify my own patent rails, I cannot do so after the experience I have had.”

My Own Pockets Rail Patents

Book:The life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer

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“A philosopher may try to prove the truth of something he believed before he was a philosopher, but even if he succeeds, his belief never regain the untroubled character, and the settled place in his mind, which it had at first.”

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