Izaak Walton Quotes


Angling may be said to be so like the Mathematics that it can never be fully learnt; at least not so fully but that there will still be more new experiments left for the trial of other men that succeed us.


Citations

Walton, Izaak. The Compleat Angler. Richard Marriot, 1653.

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Izaak Walton
Izaak Walton
  • Born: August 9, 1593
  • Died: December 15, 1683
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Writer

Izaak Walton was an English writer. Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler, he also wrote a number of short biographies including one of his friend John Donne. They have been collected under the title of Walton's Lives.