Izaak Walton - Art Quotes

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Sir Henry Wotton was a most dear lover and a frequent practiser of the Art of Angling; of which he would say, "'T was an employment for his idle time, which was then not idly spent, a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness;" and "that it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it."

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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.

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It [angling] deserves commendations;… it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man.

Izaak Walton

O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly?

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