Famous quotes containing the words fish and/or man:
“The fish sees the bait, not the hook; a person sees the gain, not the danger.”
—Chinese proverb.
“One good Man may take another’s Word, if they so agree, but a whole Nation ought never to trust to any Honesty, but what is built upon Necessity; for unhappy is the People, and their Constitution will ever be precarious, whose Welfare must depend upon the Virtues and Consciences of Ministers and Politicians.”
—Bernard De Mandeville (1670–1733)