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Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise.
La ligne, avec sa canne, est un long instrument,
Dont le plus mince bout tient un petit reptile,
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La ligne, avec sa canne, est un long instrument,
Dont le plus mince bout tient un petit reptile,
Et dont l'autre est tenu par un grand imbecile.
For angling-rod he took a sturdy oak;
For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;
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For angling-rod he took a sturdy oak;
For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;
His hook was such as heads the end of pole
To pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole;
This hook was bated with a dragon's tail,--
And then on rock he stood to bob for whale.
Of all the world's enjoyments
That ever valued were,
There's none of our employments
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Of all the world's enjoyments
That ever valued were,
There's none of our employments
With fishing can compare.
- Thomas Durfee (or D'Urfey),
Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.
Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.
The biggest fish he ever caught were those that got away.
The biggest fish he ever caught were those that got away.
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series read more
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope
Still he fishes that catches one.
Still he fishes that catches one.
To fish in troubled waters.
To fish in troubled waters.
