Quote by Henry James
Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agree

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. – Henry James

Other quotes by Henry James

Experience was to be taken as showing that one might get a five-pound note as one got a light for a cigarette; but one had to check the friendly impulse to ask for it in the same way. – Henry James

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A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals. – Henry James

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People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if youre nice to the second housemaid. – Henry James

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After all, coffee is bitter, a flavor from the forbidden and dangerous realm. – Diane Ackerman

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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. – Abraham Lincoln

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Among the numerous luxuries of the table…coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication; and the pleasing flow of spirits which it occasions…is never followed by sadness, languor or debility. – Benjamin Franklin

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It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity. – Dave Barry

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