Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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As the Italians say, Good company in a journey makes the way to seem the shorter.

The Complete Angler. Part i. Chap. 1.

I am, sir, a Brother of the Angle.

The Complete Angler. Part i. Chap. 1.

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

The Complete Angler. Part i. Chap. 1.

Angling is somewhat like poetry,—men are to be born so.

The Complete Angler. Part i. Chap. 1.

Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.[207:1]

The Complete Angler. Part i. Chap. 1.