"The art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest……" — Lord Byron

The art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest and the stupidest of… - Lord Byron

"The art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest and the stupidest of pretended sports."

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382 Quotes by Lord Byron

Lord Byron has 382 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes,…
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his…
I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes…
Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.
Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?
Lovers may be and indeed generally are enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a…
Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward,…
I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always…
I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.
It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not…

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More Angling Quotes

This quote is filed under Angling Quotes, one of 22 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Angling may be said to be so like the Mathematics that it can never be fully learnt; at least not… — Izaak Walton
Angling is extremely time consuming. That's sort of the whole point. — Thomas McGuane
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. — Washington Irving
Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so... — Izaak Walton
You will find angling to be like the virtue of humanity, which has a calmness of spirit and a world… — Izaak Walton
The angling fever is a very real disease and can only be cured by the application of cold water and… — Theodore Gordon
Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish. — Rafael Sabatini
After the doctor's departure Koznyshev felt inclined to go to the river with his fishing rod. He was fond of… — Leo Tolstoy
Angling is an Art... an art worth your learning. — Izaak Walton
It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish. — Stephen Leacock
Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and… — Samuel Johnson
O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an… — Izaak Walton

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