Quote#Happiness
To see Good Tennis! What divine joy
Quote byJames Kenneth Stephen · 1859–1892
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lapsus Calami (1891), "Parker's Piece" (19 May 1891).
English (original)
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
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