"As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler."

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"As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler."

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"Reading is of course dry work, and further refreshment was called for and consumed."

Diana Gabaldon, American Author

Leisure, Reading, Rest, Habit

"A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away."

Phyllis McGinley, American Author

Leisure, Day

"Reading - like masturbation - is something you do alone and very little in life brings more pleasure."

Chloe Thurlow, British Novelist

Leisure, Solitude, Pleasure, Reading, Happiness

"Nice passion is reading."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Leisure, Passion, Reading, Knowledge, Literature

"It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self."

Agnes Repplier, American Writer

Leisure, Man, Pleasure, Self

"The act of fishing " for fish, dreams or whatever magic is available " is enough."

Fennel Hudson, British Author

Leisure, Fishing, Magic, Dream, Patience

"Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless."

Bill Watterson, American Cartoonist

Leisure, Joy, Rebellion, Freedom

"Borkin: Ladies and gentlemen, why are you so glum? Sitting there like a jury after it's been sworn in! ... Let's think up something. What would you like? Forfeits, tug of war, catch, dancing, fireworks?"

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

Leisure, Fun, Joy, Playfulness, Entertainment

"Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime."

Jimmy Cannon, American Journalist

Leisure, Fishing

"Humorists can never start to take themselves seriously. It's literary suicide."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

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"I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning."

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"No man can lose what he never had."

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"God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling."

God

"I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing."

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"That which is everybody's business is nobody's business."

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"Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art."

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"Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned."

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"Reading is of course dry work, and further refreshment was called for and consumed."

"A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away."

"Reading - like masturbation - is something you do alone and very little in life brings more pleasure."

"Nice passion is reading."

"It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self."

"The act of fishing " for fish, dreams or whatever magic is available " is enough."

"Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless."

"Borkin: Ladies and gentlemen, why are you so glum? Sitting there like a jury after it's been sworn in! ... Let's think up something. What would you like? Forfeits, tug of war, catch, dancing, fireworks?"

"Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime."

"Humorists can never start to take themselves seriously. It's literary suicide."

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"Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue."

"Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter."

"The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping."

"I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning."

"No man can lose what he never had."

"God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling."

"I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing."

"That which is everybody's business is nobody's business."

"Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art."

"Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned."