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About Izaak Walton
Izaak Walton (9 August 1593 – 15 December 1683) was an English writer, author of The Compleat Angler.
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“I am, sir, a Brother of the Angle.”
“This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men.”
“Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt.”
“I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.”
“Of which, if thou be a severe, sour-complexioned man, then I here disallow thee to be a competent judge.”
“Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.”
“Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery element are made for wise men to contemplate, and for fools to pass by without consideration.”
“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.”
“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.”
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Izaak Walton on Meat
“This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men.”
Izaak Walton on Eating
“This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men.”
Izaak Walton on Wit
“He had too thoughtful a wit: like a penknife in too narrow a sheath, too sharp for his body.”
Izaak Walton on Health
“Health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of: a blessing that money cannot buy.”
Izaak Walton on Death
“But God, who is able to prevail, wrestled with him, as the angel did with Jacob, and marked him; marked him for his own.”
Izaak Walton on Book of Common Prayer
“He [George Herbert] said to Mr. Duncon, "Sir, I see by your habit that you are a priest, and I desire you to pray with me;" which being granted, Mr. Duncon asked him "What prayers?" to which Mr. Herbert's answer was, "O, Sir, the prayers of my mother the Church of England; no other prayers are equal to them!"”
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Izaak Walton on George Herbert 2 quotes
“Thus he liv'd, and thus he dy'd like a Saint, unspotted of the World, full of Alms-deeds, full of Humility, and all the examples of vertuous life.”
Izaak Walton on Richard Hooker 2 quotes
“I observe there is in Mr. Hooker no affected language; but a grave, comprehensive, clear manifestation of reason, and that backed with the authority of the Scriptures, the fathers and schoolmen, and with all law both sacred and civil.”
About Izaak Walton
Izaak Walton (9 August 1593 – 15 December 1683) was an English writer, author of The Compleat Angler.