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Of this blest man, let his just praise be given, Heaven was in him, before he was in Heaven.

Izaak Walton

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Izaak Walton
Age: 90 †
Born: 1593
Born: August 9
Died: 1683
Died: December 15
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Stafford
Staffordshire
Isaak Walton
Izaak Walton
Blest
Grandfather
Praise
Heaven
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Men

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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 buy and therefore value it.
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Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.
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If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.
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It is agreed by most men, that the Eele is a most daintie fish the Romans have esteemed her the Helena of their feasts, and some The Queen of pleasure.
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