Izaak Walton
Izaak Walton
Izaak Waltonwas an English writer. Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler, he also wrote a number of short biographies that have been collected under the title of Walton's Lives...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth9 August 1593
music men heaven
Lord, what music hast thou provided for Thy saints in heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth!
queens men culinary
It is agreed by most men, that the Eele is a most daintie fish; the Romans have esteemed her the Helena of their feasts, and some The Queen of pleasure.
fishing fishes
[T]is not all fishing to fish.
learning loss persons
The person who loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
confidence taken given
There are offences given and offences not given but taken.
math men logic
The will of man is by his reason swayed.
art air littles
Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.
ignorance long ignorant
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.
men heaven grandfather
Of this blest man, let his just praise be given, Heaven was in him, before he was in Heaven.
poetry old-fashioned
Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good.
gratitude appreciation grateful
Blessings we enjoy daily, and for the most of them, because they be so common, men forget to pay their praises. [and miss much of their benefits from grateful appreciation]
mean men practice
Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so: I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice
wise children father
For love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and wise men a foresight of those evils that too often prove to be the children of that blind father; a passion, that carries us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds move feathers, and begets in us an unwearied industry to the attainment of what we desire.
gratitude flower grateful
[Be grateful for the simple things in life. Don't take them for granted. After all...] What would a blind man give to see the pleasant rivers and meadows and flowers and fountains; and this and many other like blessings we enjoy daily.