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Never a fishermen need there be
If fishes could hear as well as see.
Never a fishermen need there be
If fishes could hear as well as see.
He who holds the hook is aware in what waters many fish are
swimming.
[Lat., Qui sustinet hamos,
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He who holds the hook is aware in what waters many fish are
swimming.
[Lat., Qui sustinet hamos,
Novit, quae multo pisce natentur aquae.]
No man is born an Artist nor an Angler.
No man is born an Artist nor an Angler.
Fly fishing is a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float
fishing, I can only compare to a stick read more
Fly fishing is a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float
fishing, I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm
at one end and a fool at the other.
Death is like a fisherman, who, having caught a fish in his net,
leaves it in the water for read more
Death is like a fisherman, who, having caught a fish in his net,
leaves it in the water for a time; the fish continues to swim
about, but all the while the net is round it, and the fishermen
will snatch it out in his own good time.
Oh, the gallant fisher's life,
It is the best of any
'Tis full of pleasure, void of read more
Oh, the gallant fisher's life,
It is the best of any
'Tis full of pleasure, void of strife,
And 'tis beloved of many.
The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into
the brooks shall lament, and they that read more
The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into
the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the
waters shall languish.
Meek Walton's heavenly memory.
Meek Walton's heavenly memory.
The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish.
[Lat., Potuit fortasse minoria
Piscator quam read more
The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish.
[Lat., Potuit fortasse minoria
Piscator quam piscis emi.]