Top 8 James Kenneth Stephen Quotes

#1. Birthdays? yes, in a general way;
For the most if not for the best of men:
You were born (I suppose) on a certain day:
So was I: or perhaps in the night: what then?

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#2. The time comes when our hearts sink utterly;
When we remember Deirdre and her tale,
And that her lips are dust.

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#3. Speech and prose are not the same thing. They have different wave-lengths, for speech moves at the speed of light, where prose moves at the speed of the alphabet, and must be consecutive and grammatical and word-perfect. Prose cannot gesticulate. Speech can sometimes do nothing more.

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#4. Republic of the West, Enlightened, free, sublime, Unquestionably best Production of our time.

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#5. I saw God! Do you doubt it?
Do you dare to doubt it?
I saw the Almighty Man! His hand
Was resting on a mountain!

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#6. 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.

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#7. 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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#8. Straightway like a bell
Came low and clear
The slow, sad murmur of the distant seas

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