IZAAK WALTON. 1593-1683.
Of which, if thou be a severe, sour-complexioned man, then I here disallow thee to be a competent judge.
The Complete Angler. Author's Preface.
Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt.
The Complete Angler. Author's Preface.
As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.
The Complete Angler. Author's Preface.
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I shall stay him no longer than to wish him a rainy evening to read this following discourse; and that if he be an honest angler, the east wind may never blow when he goes a fishing.
The Complete Angler. Author's Preface.