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But God, who is ableto prevail, wrestled with him, as the Angel did with Jacob, and marked him marked him for his own.

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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
Jacob
Prevail
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An excellent angler, and now with God.
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Blessings we enjoy daily, and for the most of them, because they be so common, men forget to pay their praises. [and miss much of their benefits from grateful appreciation]
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So long as thou are ignorant be not ashamed to learn. Ignorance is the greatest of all infirmities, and when justified, the chiefest of all follies.
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You cannot lose what you never had.
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I am, Sir, a brother of the angle.
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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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