Leigh Hunt Quote

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.

Revised edition, London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1889, p. 114 - The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events (1848)