ille nefas captum referens absolvere piscem, difficiles queritur casibus esse vices: nam miserum est inquit praesentem amittere praedam, stultius et rursum vota futura sequi.
The fisherman, declaring it a crime to let go a fish once caught, complained that hazards are beset with turns incalculable: It is a pity, he said, to lose the spoil in hand, and a worse folly to start afresh in pursuit of future hopes.
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