Author: Izaak Walton

Quotes

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

- Izaak Walton

I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.

I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.

- Izaak Walton

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

- Izaak Walton

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.

- Izaak Walton

That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.

That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.

- Izaak Walton

Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

- Izaak Walton

Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.

Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.

- Izaak Walton

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.

- Izaak Walton

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