Fish Ponds

Famous quotes containing the words fish and/or ponds:

    The fish sees the bait, not the hook; a person sees the gain, not the danger.
    Chinese proverb.

    What if all ponds were shallow? Would it not react on the minds of men? I am thankful that this pond was made deep and pure for a symbol. While men believe in the infinite some ponds will be thought to be bottomless.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)