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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
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He that loses his conscience has nothing left that is worth keeping. Therefore be sure you look to that, and in the next place look to your health and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience.
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I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.
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