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• Sushi: better known to the rest of the world as "cut-bait.
• Never fish in the sea of life without bait.
• Ignorance is bliss. American Proverb
• It is not a fish until it is on the bank. Irish Proverb
• Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool gudgeon, this opinion.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Merchant of Venice -- Act i, Sc. 1...
• It matters not how many fish are in the sea . . . if you don't have any bait on your hook.
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• DIE, n. The singular of "dice." We seldom hear the word, because there is a prohibitory proverb, "Never say die.
  At long intervals, however, some one says: "The die is cast," which is not true, for it is cut....
• Measure a thousand times and cut once. -- Turkish Proverb