Quote #24

Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.

More from Samuel Johnson

  1. Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.
  2. What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
  3. Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.
  4. Round numbers are always false.
  5. He who praises everybody praises nobody.
  6. I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
  7. Here closed in death th' attentive eyes That saw the manners in the face.
  8. A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

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