Izaak Walton quotes

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. (Izaak Walton)
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue. View quote
Izaak Walton
Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned. View quote
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Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. View quote
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I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing. View quote
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As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler. View quote
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No man can lose what he never had. View quote
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Look to your health and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of a blessing that money cannot buy. View quote
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I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning. View quote
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Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery element are made for wise men to contemplate, and for fools to pass by without consideration. View quote
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Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself. (Izaak Walton)
Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art. View quote
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For love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and wise men a foresight of those evils that too often prove to be the children of that blind father; a passion, that carries us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds move feathers, and begets in us an unwearied industry to the attainment of what we desire. View quote
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You will find angling to be like the virtue of humility, which has a calmness of spirit and a world of other blessings attending upon it. View quote
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An excellent angler, and now with God. View quote
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I am, sir, a Brother of the Angle. View quote
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Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good. View quote
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This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men. View quote
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We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries: "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did"; and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. View quote
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I shall stay no longer than to wish him a rainy day to read this... discourse and that if he be an honest angler, the east wind may never blow when he goes a-fishing. View quote
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Let the blessing of St. Peter's Master be...upon all that are lovers of virtue, and dare trust in his Providence, and be quiet and go a-angling. (Izaak Walton)
I remember that a wise friend of mine did usually say, "That which is everybody's business is nobody's business." View quote
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God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. View quote
Izaak Walton
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping. View quote
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Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so. View quote
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