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
math men logic
The will of man is by his reason swayed.
confidence taken given
There are offences given and offences not given but taken.
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.
fishing fishes
[T]is not all fishing to fish.
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.
void beloved pleasure
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.
wise art men
It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man.
sea fishing rivers
If all the theories were correct, there wouldn't be a fish left in all of our lakes and rivers and streams.
water locks wonder
The Waters are Nature's storehouse in which she locks up her wonders..