Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it c… - Izaak Walton

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

Izaak Walton

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

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Alternative Names: Isaak Walton • Isaac Walton

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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.

As the Italians say, Good company in a journey makes the way to seem the shorter.

Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good.

Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt. - Izaak Walton

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