James Kenneth Stephen Quotes
February 25, 1859 – February 3, 1892
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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.
Parker's Piece 
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More James Kenneth Stephen Quotes
I do not want to see that girl again: I did not like her: and I should not mind If she were done away with, killed, or ploughed. She did not seem to serve a useful end:;: And certainly she was not beautiful.
James Kenneth Stephen— In the Backs
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.
James Kenneth Stephen— The Old School List
Republic of the West, Enlightened, free, sublime, Unquestionably best Production of our time.
James Kenneth Stephen— England and America
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.
James Kenneth Stephen— Drinking Song
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.
James Kenneth Stephen— James Kenneth Stephen, Parker's Piece
