Quote#God & Faith
We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries: "Doubtless…
Quote byIzaak Walton · 1593–1683
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Compleat Angler (1653-1655), Part I, ch. 5. Referring to William Butler, styled by Dr. Fuller in his "Worthies" (Suffolk) the "Æsculapius of our age." He died in 1621. This first appeared in the second edition of "The Angler," 1655. Roger Williams, in his "Key into the Language of America," 1643.
English (original)
We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries: "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did"; and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
— Izaak Walton
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