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
Izaak Walton quotes about
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.
thankful expressing-gratitude great-gratitude
If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.
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
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!]
winter fishing fly-fishing
And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date.
learning loss persons
The person who loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
blessing humanity world
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.
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]
gratitude flower sacrifice
Blessings we enjoy daily, and for most of them, because they be so common, we forget to pay our praises. But let not us, because it is a sacrifice so pleasing to Him who still protects us, and gives us flowers and showers and meat and content.
math men logic
The will of man is by his reason swayed.
dog sleep night
Let us not repine, or so much as think the gifts of God unequally dealt, if we see another abound with riches, when, as God knows, the cares that are the keys that keep those riches hang often so heavily at the rich man's girdle that they dog him with weary days and restless nights, even when others sleep quietly.
music men heaven
Lord, what music hast thou provided for Thy saints in heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth!
being-thankful quiet competence
Let us be thankful for health and competence, and, above all, for a quiet conscience.
looks next praise-god
He that loses his conscience has nothing left that is worth keeping. Therefore be sure you look to that, and in the next place look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience.