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Izaak Walton
English
Writer
About the author
I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.
Izaak Walton,
English
Writer
#Love
#Friends
#Mirth
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Izaak Walton,
English
Writer
#God
#Words
#Men
#Sons
#Daughters
Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.
Izaak Walton,
English
Writer
#Art
#Nature
#Musicians
#Shame
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
Izaak Walton,
English
Writer
#Nothing
#Worth
#Conscience
That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.
Izaak Walton,
English
Writer
#Business
In so doing, use him as though you loved him.
Izaak Walton,
English
Writer
Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.
Izaak Walton,
English
Writer
#May
#Mathematics
Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.
Izaak Walton,
English
Writer
#Journey
#Company
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
Izaak Walton,
English
Writer
#Virtue
#Company
God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
Izaak Walton,
English
Writer
#God
#Quiet
#Recreation
God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.
Izaak Walton,
English
Writer
#God
#Heart
#Heaven
As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.
Izaak Walton,
English
Writer
#Man
#Artist
I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.
Izaak Walton,
English
Writer
#Business
No man can lose what he never had.
Izaak Walton,
English
Writer
#Man