As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.
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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 buyIzaak Walton
Blessings we enjoy daily, and for the most of them, because they be so common, men forget to pay their praises. But let not us, because it is a sacrifice so pleasing to him who still protects us, and gives us flowers, and showers, and meat, and content.
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Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.
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I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.
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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.'
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