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Izaak Walton quotes: No man can lose what he never had.

No man can lose what he never had.

Izaak Walton quotes: O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly?

O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly?

Izaak Walton quotes: The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

Izaak Walton quotes: Let us be thankful for health and competence, and, above all, for a quiet conscience.

Let us be thankful for health and competence, and, above all, for a quiet conscience.

Izaak Walton quotes: Doubtless God Could Have Made A Better Berry, But Doubtless God Never Did

Doubtless God Could Have Made A Better Berry, But Doubtless God Never Did

Izaak Walton quotes: God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

Izaak Walton quotes: Of this blest man, let his just praise be given,Heaven was in him, before he was in Heaven.

Of this blest man, let his just praise be given,
Heaven was in him, before he was in Heaven.

Izaak Walton quotes: Angling is an Art ... an art worth your learning.

Angling is an Art ... an art worth your learning.

Izaak Walton quotes: Health is ... a blessing that money cannot buy.

Health is ... a blessing that money cannot buy.

Izaak Walton quotes: 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.

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.

Izaak Walton quotes: No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler.

No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler.

Izaak Walton quotes: I have then with pleasure concluded with Solomon, Everything is beautiful in his season.

I have then with pleasure concluded with Solomon, Everything is beautiful in his season.

Izaak Walton quotes: Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

Izaak Walton quotes: [T]is not all fishing to fish.

[T]is not all fishing to fish.

Izaak Walton quotes: Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

Izaak Walton quotes: But God, who is ableto prevail, wrestled with him, as the Angel did with Jacob, and marked him; marked him for his own.

But God, who is ableto prevail, wrestled with him, as the Angel did with Jacob, and marked him; marked him for his own.

Izaak Walton quotes: Angling may be saidtobe so likemathematics, that itcan never be fully learnt.

Angling may be saidtobe so likemathematics, that itcan never be fully learnt.

Izaak Walton quotes: These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.

These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.

Izaak Walton quotes: As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.

As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.

Izaak Walton quotes: Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are made for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration.

Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are made for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration.

Izaak Walton quotes: Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling.

Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling.

Izaak Walton quotes: Lord, what music hast thou provided for Thy saints in heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth!

Lord, what music hast thou provided for Thy saints in heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth!

Izaak Walton quotes: I am, Sir, a brother of the angle.

I am, Sir, a brother of the angle.

Izaak Walton quotes: He directed that the stone over his grave be inscribed: Hic jacet hujus sententiae primus auctor: DISPUTANDI PRURITUS ECCLESIARUM SCABIES.

He directed that the stone over his grave be inscribed: Hic jacet hujus sententiae primus auctor: DISPUTANDI PRURITUS ECCLESIARUM SCABIES.

Izaak Walton quotes: This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men.

This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men.

Izaak Walton quotes: Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.

Izaak Walton quotes: God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

Izaak Walton quotes: Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good.

Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good.

Izaak Walton quotes: And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date.

And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date.

Izaak Walton quotes: You will find angling to be like the virtue of humanity, which has a calmness of spirit and a world of blessing attending upon it.

You will find angling to be like the virtue of humanity, which has a calmness of spirit and a world of blessing attending upon it.

Izaak Walton quotes: The Waters are Nature's storehouse in which she locks up her wonders..

The Waters are Nature's storehouse in which she locks up her wonders..

Izaak Walton quotes: I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.

Izaak Walton quotes: I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing.

I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing.

Izaak Walton quotes: If all the theories were correct, there wouldn't be a fish left in all of our lakes and rivers and streams.

If all the theories were correct, there wouldn't be a fish left in all of our lakes and rivers and streams.

Izaak Walton quotes: Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so ...

Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so ...

Izaak Walton quotes: That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.

That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.

Izaak Walton quotes: Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.

Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.

Izaak Walton quotes: I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.

I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.

Izaak Walton quotes: I have known a very good, fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite.

I have known a very good, fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite.

Izaak Walton quotes: Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.

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 quotes: It was wisely said, by a man of great observation, that there are as many miseries beyond riches as on this side of them.

It was wisely said, by a man of great observation, that there are as many miseries beyond riches as on this side of them.

Izaak Walton quotes: An excellent angler, and now with God.

An excellent angler, and now with God.

Izaak Walton quotes: There are offences given and offences not given but taken.

There are offences given and offences not given but taken.

Izaak Walton quotes: Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.

Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.

Izaak Walton quotes: Oh, the gallant fisher's life!It is the best of any;'T is full of pleasure, void of strife,And 't is beloved by many.

Oh, the gallant fisher's life!It is the best of any;'T is full of pleasure, void of strife,And 't is beloved by many.

Izaak Walton quotes: It [angling] deserves commendations; ... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man.

It [angling] deserves commendations; ... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man.

Izaak Walton quotes: In so doing, use him as though you loved him.

In so doing, use him as though you loved him.

Izaak Walton quotes: Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing.

Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing.