Havilah Babcock Quotes
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Be not the first to take up the new, nor the last to cast the old aside.
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There comes a time in every man's life when he is either going to go fishing or do something worse.
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The unvarnished truth is that a trained dog is a perishable commodity. Few things are so subject to deterioration. It is almost as hard-and it takes almost as good a hunter-to keep a dog good as to make one as good. Eternal vigilance is the price of a good bird dog, regardless of who you are, or where and how virtuously you live.
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To take advantage of the last precious minutes, you've got to stay afield as late as the birds do, regardless of a houseful of guests, the sanguine promises you've made the missus, or the overdraft bank notice at home. To heck with everybody and everything when birds are feeding and fish are biting. Stay late and lie like a dog if necessary.
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It is always disillusioning to weigh your fish and measure your golf drives. Smart men estimate them.
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