Part i

. Chap. 1._

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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You will find angling to be like the virtue of humility, which has a calmness of spirit and a world of other blessings attending upon it.

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I remember that a wise friend of mine did usually say, "That which is everybody's business is nobody's business."

_The Complete Angler. Part i . Chap. ii._

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

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An excellent angler, and now with God.

_The Complete Angler. Part i . Chap. iv._

Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good.

_The Complete Angler. Part i . Chap. iv._

No man can lose what he never had.

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