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Izaak Walton (August 9, 1593 - December 15, 1683) was an English writer, author of The Compleat Angler..

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

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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."

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"Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter."

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

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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 money cannot buy; therefore value it, and be thankful for it."

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

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

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