Izaak Walton Quotes About Boat

Quotes about: Boat

• No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler.

  Izaak Walton

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

• Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery element were made for wise men to contemplate, and fools to pass by without consideration.

  Izaak Walton

  Wise, Men, Lakes

  "The Compleat Angler".

• I am, Sir, a brother of the angle.

  Izaak Walton

  Brother, Lakes, Sea

  'The Compleat Angler' (1653) pt. 1, ch. 1

• Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.

  Izaak Walton

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

  Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Sir John Hawkins (1808). “The complete angler; or, Contemplative man's recreation:: being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish, and fishing. In two parts:”, p.102

• As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.

  Izaak Walton

  Artist, Men, Lakes

  'The Compleat Angler' (1653) 'Epistle to the Reader'

• If all the theories were correct, there wouldn't be a fish left in all of our lakes and rivers and streams.

  Izaak Walton

  Rivers, Lakes, Sea

• These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.

  Izaak Walton

  Men, Lakes, Sea

  Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Sir John Hawkins (1775). “The Complete Angler: Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation...: Prefixed, the Lives of the Author and Notes ...”, p.5

• You cannot lose what you never had.

  Izaak Walton

  Sea, Fishing, Rivers

• This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men.

  Izaak Walton

  Men, Fishing, Rivers

  'The Compleat Angler' (1653) pt. 1, ch. 8

• An excellent angler, and now with God.

  Izaak Walton

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

  'The Compleat Angler' (1653) pt. 1, ch. 4

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