Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from Izaak Walton

Izaak Walton English biographer & fishing author (1593 - 1683)


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- Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

Izaak Walton - The Compleat Angler, 1653
- Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

Izaak Walton -
- 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 -
- God has two dwellings: one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

Izaak Walton -
- So long as thou are ignorant be not ashamed to learn. Ignorance is the greatest of all infirmities, and when justified, the chiefest of all follies.

Izaak Walton -
- Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

Izaak Walton -
- Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that money cannot buy; therefore value it, and be thankful for it.