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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.]
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of
men.
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of
men.
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.
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.]
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.
A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard.
A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard.
No man is born an Artist nor an Angler.
No man is born an Artist nor an Angler.
I am, Sir, a brother of the angle.
I am, Sir, a brother of the angle.
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.