Creative Quotations from . . .
Izaak Walton
(1593-1683) born on
Aug 09
English author. "He wrote "Compleat Angler," 1676 as well as the biographies of John Dunne and George Herbert."
 
   
F
Angling may be said to be so like mathematics that it can never be fully learnt.

R
"God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling."
A
"We may say of angling, as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, 'Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did.'"
N
No man can lose what he never had.
K
That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""The Compleat Angler.""
R: ""The Compleat Angler," ch. 5, 1653."
A: ""The Compleat Angler," ch. 5, 1653."
N: ""The Compleat Angler.""
K: "In "Correct Quotes for DOS," WordStar International, 1991."



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