Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffer… - Leigh Hunt

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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.

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James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 – August 28, 1859) was an English poet and essayist.

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