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

Quote by Izaak Walton

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

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

Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be...

Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be...

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

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

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

Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next...

Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next...

No man can lose what he never had

No man can lose what he never had

As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.

As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful...

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful...

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

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

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

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

In so doing, use him as though you loved him.

In so doing, use him as though you loved him.

No man can lose what he never had.

No man can lose what he never had.

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

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