I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.
About Izaak Walton
Izaak Waltonwas an English writer. Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler, he also wrote a number of short biographies including one of his friend John Donne.
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No man can lose what he never had.
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
I have laid aside business, and gone a’fishing.
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
In so doing, use him as though you loved him.
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
Words are men’s daughters, but God’s sons are things.
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
That which is everybody’s business is nobody’s business.
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
English author and biographer (1593-1683)