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Quote by Izaak Walton
Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can neve

Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned. – Izaak Walton

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Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art. – Izaak Walton

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Birds
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I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning. – Izaak Walton

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Fish, Fishing
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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. – Izaak Walton

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Fish, Fishing

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes. – Don Marquis

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Fish, Fishing

But somewhere, beyond Space and Time,
Is wetter water, slimier slime!
And there (they trust) there swimmeth One
Who swam ere rivers were begun,
Immense, of fishy form and mind,
Squamous, omnipotent, and kind. – Rupert Brooke

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Fish, Fishing

Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing. – Edward W. Howe

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Fish, Fishing

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