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• Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.
  -- Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Complete Angler, Part i, Chap. 1...
• Angling is somewhat like poetry,--men are to be born so.
  -- Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Complete Angler, Part i, Chap. 1...
• And upon all that are lovers of virtue, and dare trust in his Providence, and be quiet and go a-angling.
  -- Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Complete Angler, Part i, Chap. 21...
• It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man.
  -- Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Complete Angler, Part i, Chap. 1...
• We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler -- Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Complete Angler, Part i, Chap.
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• I am, sir, a Brother of the Angle. -- Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Complete Angler, Part i, Chap.
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• An excellent angler, and now with God. -- Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Complete Angler, Part i, Chap.
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• As the Italians say, Good company in a journey makes the way to seem the shorter.
  -- Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Complete Angler, Part i, Chap. 1...
• Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
  -- Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Compleat Angler, Part i, Chap. ii...