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> [These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/these-poor-rich-men-we-anglers-pity-them-perfectly/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

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> [No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/no-life-is-so-happy-and-so-pleasant-as-the-life-of-the-well-govern-d/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

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> [An excellent angler, and now with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/an-excellent-angler-and-now-with-god/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

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> [This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/this-dish-of-meat-is-too-good-for-any-but-anglers-or-very-honest-men/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

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## More by Izaak Walton

> [Let us be thankful for health and competence, and, above all, for a quiet conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/let-us-be-thankful-for-health-and-competence-and-above-all-for-a/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

> [I have known a very good, fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/i-have-known-a-very-good-fisher-angle-diligently-four-or-six-hours/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

> [Angling may be said to be so like the Mathematics that it can never be fully learnt; at least not so fully but that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/angling-may-be-said-to-be-so-like-the-mathematics-that-it-can-never/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

> [Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/let-me-tell-you-that-every-misery-i-miss-is-a-new-blessing/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

> [And though it is most certain, that two lutes being both strung and turned to an equal pitch, and then one played upon, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/and-though-it-is-most-certain-that-two-lutes-being-both-strung-and/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

> [O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/o-sir-doubt-not-that-angling-is-an-art-is-it-not-an-art-to-deceive-a/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

> [If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/if-you-can-t-be-content-with-what-you-have-received-be-thankful-for/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/rivers-and-the-inhabitants-of-the-watery-elements-are-made-for-wise/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

> [Blessings we enjoy daily, and for most of them, because they be so common, we forget to pay our praises. But let not us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/blessings-we-enjoy-daily-and-for-most-of-them-because-they-be-so/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

> [It was wisely said, by a man of great observation, that there are as many miseries beyond riches as on this side of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/it-was-wisely-said-by-a-man-of-great-observation-that-there-are-as/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

> [These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/these-poor-rich-men-we-anglers-pity-them-perfectly/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

> [I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/i-love-any-discourse-of-rivers-and-fish-and-fishing/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/look-to-your-health-and-if-you-have-it-praise-god-and-value-it-next/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

> [We see but the outside of a rich man's happiness; few consider him to be like the silkworm, that, when she seems to play,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/we-see-but-the-outside-of-a-rich-man-s-happiness-few-consider-him-to/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

> [I am, Sir, a brother of the angle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/i-am-sir-a-brother-of-the-angle/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

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