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Fishing is a painting executed in 1757 by the French Rococo artist François Boucher.
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Fishing (French: La pêche à la ligne) is a painting executed in 1757 by the French Rococo artist François Boucher.
The painting is an oil on canvas with dimensions of 150 x 188 centimeters. It is in the collection of the Grand Trianon, in Versailles.
“Much is actually known about and much more is suspected. The serious 's knowledge of these fish draws heavily on science, especially the easygoing, slightly bemused, of the , but it periodically leaves the bare facts behind to take long voyages into and sheer poetry.”
“A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.”
“Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook?”
“Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt.”
“Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant, that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.”
“And upon all that are lovers of virtue; and dare trust in his providence; and be quiet; and go a-angling.”
Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.
