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
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.
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And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date.
sea fishing rivers
An excellent angler, and now with God.
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.
judging may might
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.
gossip
That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.
loss men loses
No man can lose what he never had.
learning loss persons
The person who loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
food berries made
Doubtless God Could Have Made A Better Berry, But Doubtless God Never Did
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.