"Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but……" — Samuel Johnson
"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."
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
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