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Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove…
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. 1. Compare: "Virtue is her own reward", John Dryden, Tyrannic Love, act iii, scene 1; "Virtue is to herself the best reward", Henry More, Cupid's Conflict; "Virtue is its own reward", Matthew Prior, Imitations of Horace, book iii. ode 2; John Gay, Epistle.
English (original)
Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.
— Izaak Walton
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