| Author |
Quotes |
| Eugene Field | The biggest fish he ever caught were those that got away. |
| George Crabbe | Old Peter Grimes made fishing his employ; His wife he cabined with him and his boy, And seemed that life laborious to enjoy. |
| Jeanne Guyet | 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. |
| Jeanne Guyet | The line with its rod is a long instrument whose lesser end holds a small reptile, while the other is held by a great fool. |
| Matthew Henry | To fish in troubled waters. |
| Richard Grafton | They may the better fish in the water when it is troubled. |
| Sir John Harrington | Best fishing in troubled waters. |
| Thomas Durfee | Of all the world's enjoyments That ever valued were, There's none of our employments With fishing can compare. - Thomas Durfee , |
| Thomas Fuller | The end of fishing is not angling, but catching. |
| Thomas Fuller | It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. |
| Thomas Fuller | Still he fishes that catches one. |
| William Basse | The first men that our Saviour dear Did choose to wait upon Him here, Blest fishers were, and fish the last Food was, that He on earth did taste, I therefore strive to follow those, Whom He to follow Him hath chose. |
| Unattributed Author | The man that weds for greedy wealth, He goes a fishing fair, But often times he gets a frog, Or very little share. |
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