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
wise art men
It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man.
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.
wise men fishing
Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are made for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration.
blow east goes honest longer rainy shall stay wind wish
I shall stay no longer than to wish him a rainy day to read this... discourse; and that if he be an honest angler, the east wind may never blow when he goes a-fishing.
blessing cannot god good health money next praise second thankful therefore value
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 money cannot buy; therefore value it, and be thankful for it.
blessing buy cannot capable conscience good health money mortals next praise second value
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
english-writer
In so doing, use him as though you loved him.
friends-or-friendship love mirth next
I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.
conscience left loses worth
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
god innocent might recreation
We may say of angling, as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, ''Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did''; and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
loss men loses
No man can lose what he never had.
gratitude grateful blessing
Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing. [Not only be grateful for the good that you have but also for the bad you don't!]
sea fishing rivers
An excellent angler, and now with God.
may angling
Angling may be saidtobe so likemathematics, that itcan never be fully learnt.