You will find angling to be like the virtue of humility, wh… - Izaak Walton

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You will find angling to be like the virtue of humility, which has a calmness of spirit and a world of other blessings attending upon it.

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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Of which, if thou be a severe, sour-complexioned man, then I here disallow thee to be a competent judge.

I remember that a wise friend of mine did usually say, "That which is everybody's business is nobody's business."

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

You will find angling to be like the virtue of humility, which has a calmness of spirit and a world of other blessings attending upon it. - Izaak Walton

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