Quotes by Izaak Walton

"As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler."
— Izaak Walton
"Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are made for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration."
— Izaak Walton
"You cannot lose what you never had."
— Izaak Walton
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Izaak Walton (baptised 21 September 1593 – 15 December 1683) was an English writer. Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler (1653), he also wrote a number of short biographies including one of...