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
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I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.
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In so doing, use him as though you loved him.
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God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.
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Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.
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Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing money can't buy.
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[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.
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Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good.
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If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.
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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!]
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The person who loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.