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> [No life, my honest scholar, no life so happyand so pleasant as the life of a well-governed angler; for when the lawyer is swallowed up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip-banks,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-walton/no-life-my-honest-scholar-no-life-so-happyand-so-pleasant-as-the-life/)

[William Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-walton/)

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## More by William Walton

> [Never having thought of writing for the guitar, I asked Julian Bream for a chart which would explain what the guitar could do. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-walton/never-having-thought-of-writing-for-the-guitar-i-asked-julian-bream/)

[William Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-walton/)

> [A grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-walton/a-grudge-is-like-being-stung-to-death-by-one-bee/)

[William Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-walton/)

> [Every man and woman alive is gifted by God in some special way. People who have a self-image of worth are going to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-walton/every-man-and-woman-alive-is-gifted-by-god-in-some-special-way-people/)

[William Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-walton/)

> [No life, my honest scholar, no life so happyand so pleasant as the life of a well-governed angler; for when the lawyer is swallowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-walton/no-life-my-honest-scholar-no-life-so-happyand-so-pleasant-as-the-life/)

[William Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-walton/)

> [It's just as difficult to overcome success as it is to overcome failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-walton/it-s-just-as-difficult-to-overcome-success-as-it-is-to-overcome/)

[William Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-walton/)

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