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Oh, it were better to be a poor fisherman than to meddle with the government of men. — Georges Danton

The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad. — A. Best

The sort of fish that a good fisherman puts back into the water — Virginia Woolf

Fishes and tales And a fisherman's daughter Walks in the rain, She walks to the water To the sea. — Daniel Lanois

A good fisherman can secure many regenerative hours in winter, polishing up the rods and reels. — Herbert Hoover

Everyone gives what he has. The soldier gives strength, the merchant goods, the teacher instruction, the farmer rice, the fisherman fish. — Hermann Hesse

On the day the world ends A bee circles a clover, A fisherman mends a glimmering net. — Czeslaw Milosz

Food delights us, food unites us, food embodies the soil, the sea and the weather, the farmer's sweat and the fisherman's toil. — Don George

My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound
sea the water is a color for which there is no name. — Patricia MacLachlan

The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas. — John D. Voelker

The finest gift you can give to any fisherman is to put a good fish back, and who knows if the fish that you caught isn't someone else's gift to you? — Lee Wulff

You need a good gardener and a good fisherman. The cook is not required. — Alain Ducasse

In cross examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch. — Louis Nizer

Fishing in rainy conditions may make fisherman seem crazy to the great mass of unimaginative people, but then few fishermen care what they think — John Gierach

Writing makes me hard, like a fisherman, and brown from the heat. Tossing out and reeling in is a job for visionaries and those with calloused hands. — Chila Woychik

At daybreak, on the bleak sea-beach,
A fisherman stood aghast,
To see the form of a maiden fair,
Lashed close to a drifting mast. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Can the fish love the fisherman?
[Lat., Piscatorem piscis amare potest?] — Martial

The fisherman fishes as the urchin eats cream buns, from lust. — T.H. White

A lone fisherman up early looking for sea trout found the first body. — Kate Atkinson

The fish,
Even in the fisherman's net,
Still carries,
The smell of the sea. — Mourid Barghouti

Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman, he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for. — Ernest Hemingway,

Feast for the Fisherman, the ultimate emo band. Said to be sold with a complimentary prescription for antidepressants and a free flatiron. — Libba Bray

Fisherman looks for the fish in the middle of a mysterious misty lake; mankind looks for the meaning of life in the middle of a mysterious cold space! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I'm more of a fisherman as opposed to a scientist perhaps and chasing the whale. But I've had some success. — Matt Walsh

Most fishing rods work better if you grasp them at the thick end. If you grasp a fisherman at the thick end, you may get a thumb bit off. — Ed Zern

Just as a fisherman must watch the ebb and flow of the tides, an investor and businessperson must be keenly aware of the subtle shifts in cash flow. — Robert Kiyosaki

Bought the Vegematic and Pocket Fisherman, too, illuminated illustrated history of Life, and Boxcar Willie. — Steve Goodman

I'm a big outdoorsman ... I'm a big hunter. Avid fisherman. Hiker. Climber. Scuba diver. Skier. Love the outdoors. — Bruce Rauner

I have never heard a fisherman say that he loves the sea. — Georges Perros

As the old fisherman remarked after explaining the various ways to attach a frog to a hook, it's all the same to the frog. — Paul Schullery

One must go through life, be it red or blue, stark naked and accompanied by the music of a subtle fisherman, prepared at all times for a celebration. — Francis Picabia

However far I gaze Neither cherry blossoms nor Crimson leaves are in sight. Only a fisherman's hut on the shore In the autumnal evening. — Fujiwara No Teika

When the snipe and the mussel struggle, the fisherman gets the benefit. Ancient Chinese saying — Robert Greene

Who is going to be the fish in this relationship, and who is going to be the fisherman? — Stephen King

Where are the fish, though?"
"In the sea they say, in the boats we pray," said Dan, quoting a fisherman's proverb. — Rudyard Kipling

Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick out the best parts. — Charles W. Waterman

There is no reason for the fish to love the fisherman! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Between the fisherman and the fish, we are on the side of the fish for matters of justice! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm. — Patrick F. McManus

The moment where the fisherman catches the fish, happiness and agony, light and darkness, joy and death come face to face! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Priest is a fisherman and Holy Book is a fishook. We either refuse to be a fish or we burn in the frying pan of irrationality! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

... the fisherman's daughter grinding serenity in her coffee grinder. — Yiannis Ritsos

If a fish votes for the fisherman, he votes for its own ruin! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A poor fisherman who knows the beauties of the misty mornings is much richer than a wealthy man who sleeps till noon in his palace! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys. — Baden Powell De Aquino

Sea and fisherman are not good friends because fisherman takes the good treasures of the sea without giving something good in return! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

We as songwriters are in the same position as a professional fisherman. Our fishing grounds are kind of fished out. — Jimmy Webb

The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish. — Juvenal