Leigh Hunt Quotes


Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffering; and therefore the angler chooses to think they do not suffer, more than it is convenient for him to fancy. Now it is a poor sport that depends for its existence on the want of a voice in the sufferer, and of imagination in the sportsman.


Citations

Hunt, Leigh. "Angling." The Indicator, vol. 1, Joseph Appleyard, 1822, p. 58.

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Leigh Hunt
Leigh Hunt
  • Born: October 19, 1784
  • Died: August 28, 1859
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Poet

James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet.