Izaak Walton Quotes - Page 2

• No man can lose what he never had.

  Izaak Walton

  Loss, Men, Loses

  The Compleat Angler pt. 1, ch. 5 (1653)

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• So long as thou are ignorant be not ashamed to learn. Ignorance is the greatest of all infirmities, and when justified, the chiefest of all follies.

  Izaak Walton

  Ignorance, Long, Ignorant

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• Así como nadie nace artista, tampoco nace pescador.

  Izaak Walton

  Artist, Men, Lakes

  'The Compleat Angler' (1653) 'Epistle to the Reader'

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• We may say of angling, as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did; and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

  Izaak Walton

  Judging, Drs, Berries

  The Compleat Angler, 2nd ed., pt. 1, ch. 5 (1655)

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• It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man.

  Izaak Walton

  Wise, Art, Men

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• Let us be thankful for health and competence, and, above all, for a quiet conscience.

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  Being Thankful, Quiet, Competence

  Izaak Walton (2013). “The Complete Angler”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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• He conocido a un pescador muy bueno que ha pescado diligentemente durante cuatro o seis horas una carpa de río y no ha picado.

  Izaak Walton

  Rivers, Four, Six

  Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1859). “The Complete Angler”, p.151

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• Affliction is a divine diet which though it be not pleasing to mankind, yet almighty God hath often imposed it as a good, thought bitter, physic, to those children whose souls are dearest to him.

  Izaak Walton

  Children, Adversity, Soul

  Richard Hooker, Izaak Walton (1839). “The Works of Mr. Richard Hooker: Containing Eight Books of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, and Several Other Treatises”, p.27

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• La buena compañía y el buen discurso son los nervios de la virtud.

  Izaak Walton

  Family, Empathy, Understanding

  'The Compleat Angler' (1653) pt. 1, ch. 2

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• [T]is not all fishing to fish.

  Izaak Walton

  Fishing, Fishes

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• Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing.

  Izaak Walton

  Blessing, Missing, Misery

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

  Izaak Walton

  Business, Gossip

  Izaak Walton (1847). “The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation”, p.49

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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.

  Izaak Walton

  Void, Beloved, Pleasure

  Izaak Walton (1878). “The complete angler, by I. Walton and C. Cotton. New illustr. ed., with notes by G.C. Davies”

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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]

  Izaak Walton

  Gratitud, Agradecimiento, Agradecido

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• And this, and many other like blessings, we enjoy daily. And for most of them, because they be so common, most men forget to pay their praises: but let not us, because it is a sacrifice so pleasing to Him that made that sun and us, and still protects us, and gives us flowers, and showers, and stomachs, and meat, and content, and leisure to go a-fishing.

  Izaak Walton

  Gratitude, Flower, Sacrifice

  "The Complete Angler".

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• There is a wheel within a wheel; a secret sacred wheel of Providence (most visible in marriages), guided by His hand that allows not the race to the swift nor bread to the wise, nor good wives to good men: and He that can bring good out of evil (for mortals are blind to this reason) only knows why this blessing was denied to patient Job, to meek Moses, and to our as meek and patient Mr Hooker.

  Izaak Walton

  Wise, Jobs, Men

  Richard Hooker (1830). “The Ecclesiastical polity and other works of Richard Hooker: with his life by I. Walton. To which are added, the 'Christian letter' to mr. Hooker; and dr. Covel's 'Just and temperate defence' in reply to it [&c.] an intr. and notes by B. Hanbury”, p.67

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• Look to your health: and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy; and therefore value it.

  Izaak Walton

  Health, Blessing

  "The Compleat Angler: Or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation".

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• Este plato de carne es demasiado bueno para cualquiera que no sea pescador o un hombre muy honesto.

  Izaak Walton

  Men, Fishing, Rivers

  'The Compleat Angler' (1653) pt. 1, ch. 8

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• Angling may be saidtobe so likemathematics, that itcan never be fully learnt.

  Izaak Walton

  May, Angling

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• You cannot lose what you never had.

  Izaak Walton

  Mar, Pesca, Ríos

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• There are offences given and offences not given but taken.

  Izaak Walton

  Confidence, Taken, Given

  Izaak Walton (1833). “The Complete Angler ; Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation; Being a Discourse on Rivers, Ponds, Fish and Fishing. With Lives and Notes”, p.33

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• And though it is most certain, that two lutes being both strung and turned to an equal pitch, and then one played upon, the other will warble a faint audible harmony in answer to the same tune: yet many will not believe there is any such thing as sympathy of souls, and I am well pleased that every reader do enjoy his own opinion.

  Izaak Walton

  Believe, Two, Soul

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

  Izaak Walton

  Hija, Madre, Hijo

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• Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so: I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice

  Izaak Walton

  Mean, Men, Practice

  1653 The Compleat Angler, pt.1, ch.1.

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• Lord, what music hast thou provided for Thy saints in heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth!

  Izaak Walton

  Música, Hombres, Cielo

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