Izaak Walton quotes - page 2

But God, who is able to prevail, wrestled with him, as the Angel did with Jacob, and marked him; marked him for his own; marked him with a blessing, a blessing of obedience to the motions of his blessed Spirit. (Izaak Walton)
Thus use your frog...Put your hook through his mouth, and out at his gills;...and then with a fine needle and silk sew the upper part of his leg, with only one stitch, to the arming-wire of your hook; or tie the frog's leg, above the upper joint, to the armed-wire; and in so doing use him as though you loved him. View quote
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The great secretary of Nature and all learning, Sir Francis Bacon. View quote
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Of which, if thou be a severe, sour-complexioned man, then I here disallow thee to be a competent judge. View quote
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It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man. View quote
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Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things. View quote
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That which is everybody's business is nobody's business. View quote
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Sir Henry Wotton was a most dear lover and a frequent practiser of the Art of Angling; of which he would say, "'T was an employment for his idle time, which was then not idly spent, a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness;" and "that it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it." View quote
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So long as thou are ignorant be not ashamed to learn. Ignorance is the greatest of all infirmities, and when justified, the chiefest of all follies. View quote
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In so doing, use him as though you loved him. View quote
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Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so: I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice. (Izaak Walton)
Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing. View quote
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