Fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air. It brings meek…

Herbert Hoover
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Fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air. It brings meekness and inspiration, reduces our egoism, soothes our troubles and shames our wickedness. It is discipline in the equality of men--for all men are equal before fish. ✨ 1951 Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).
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