Quote by John Steinbeck
It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his

It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming. – John Steinbeck

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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself. – John Steinbeck

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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. – John Steinbeck

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Even eminent chartered accountants are known, in their capacity as fishermen, blissfully to ignore differences between seven and ten inches, half a pound and two pounds, three fish and a dozen fish. – William Sherwood Fox, Silken Lines and Silver Hooks, 1954

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Fishing is a… discipline in the equality of men – for all men are equal before fish. – Herbert Hoover

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Good things come to those who bait. – Author Unknown

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There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm. – Patrick F. McManus, Never Sniff a Gift Fish, 1979

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