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Angling may be saidtobe so likemathematics, that itcan never be fully learnt.

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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
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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 and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
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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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Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.
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