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 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. 
I am, Sir, a brother of the angle.
I am, Sir, a brother of the angle.
A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard.
A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard.
 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. 
 This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest 
men.  
 This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest 
men. 
 The fisher droppeth his net in the stream,
 And a hundred streams are the same as one;
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 The fisher droppeth his net in the stream,
 And a hundred streams are the same as one;
  And the maiden dreameth her love-lit dream;
   And what is it all, when all is done?
    The net of the fisher the burden breaks,
     And always the dreaming the dreamer wakes. 
 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.] 
 Can the fish love the fisherman?
 [Lat., Piscatorem piscis amare potest?]  
 Can the fish love the fisherman?
 [Lat., Piscatorem piscis amare potest?] 
No man is born an Artist nor an Angler.
No man is born an Artist nor an Angler.