The finer the bait, the shorter the wait!
The finer the bait, the shorter the wait!
Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
I had to work on a Marlin boat, like gutting fish, like as the bait boy.
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
I'm fishing for men with a certain kind of bait, and the bait that I am offering is not a candy; it's a very specific thing that I'm offering, which is a deep gospel and a deep conversion.
And what a congress of stinks- Roots ripe as old bait, Pulpy stems, rank, silo-rich, Leaf mold, manure, lime, piled against slippery planks, Nothing would give up life Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath.
the bait that you crave is in view:
A woman with money you want to marry,
Presitge, place, or power in the world.
Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used.
Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
A true philosopher can no more pass by the open door of a free discussion than an alcoholic can pass by the open door of a saloon. Since my hosts have been kind enough to invite me to say what I think, the highest compliment I can pay to their tolerance and liberality will be to do just that. This is not going to be a debate. I would be the most unteachable of mortals if at this stage of life I still believed that one could get anywhere arguing with a dialectician. One might as well attempt to pacify or intimidate a walrus by tossing sardines at him as to bait a philosopher with arguments. I have accepted your kind invitation because I think the subject is worth discussing.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are the merchandise, not the shows. The shows are merely the bait.
Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.
I think the bait for doing something really is always the part.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories