"This is the extent of his knowledge of the sea: it was very big, it was salty, and fish lived there."
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"We don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't the fish."
"Fish," he said softly, aloud, "I'll stay with you until I am dead."
"Fish & Visitors stink in 3 days."
"In a shared fish, there are no bones."
"Knowledge keeps no better than fish."
"Knowledge does not keep any better than fish."
"We don't know yet if it was the raw fish. We may never know the cause."
"A true friend never asks you to feed their imaginary fish. Or fertilize their imaginary crops."
"You should rule a great country As you would fry a small fish- With the least turning."
"Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish."
"If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense."
"How you ought properly to spell 'fish' in English: 'goti' ."
"Net the large fish and you are sure to have the small fry."
"The fish adores the bait."
"It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow."
"Fish is the only kind of respirating thing that I consume. Everything else I don't want any part of."
"Your friendship with her-it sleeps with the fishes."
"The shellfish thing is very scary. You have to know the people you buy from and exactly where their wholesalers are getting the fish from."
"I'm not sure who discovered water, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't a fish."