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Izaak Walton5 quotes
We may say of angling, as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did." — Izaak Walton · 1653I have laid aside business, and gone a-fishing. — Izaak Walton · 1653Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics, that it can never be fully learnt. — Izaak Walton · 1653I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing. — Izaak Walton · 1653You 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. — Izaak Walton · 1653