"Oh, the gallant fisher's life!It is the best of any;'T is full of pleasure, void of strife,And 't is beloved by many."

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Source : Izaak Walton (1878). “The complete angler, by I. Walton and C. Cotton. New illustr. ed., with notes by G.C. Davies”

Izaak Walton

#Void Quotes #Beloved Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument.”
“It simply feels right to me to blend the glittery delights of New York City with a largely raw vegan diet - with the soul-deep conviction that animals are not ours to eat, wear, exploit or experiment on.”
“I always find that I'm less sarcastic in France and maybe I'm a bit more shy and a bit more reserved, even more polite. My voice tends to go up quite a lot. I'd love to speak more languages just to discover who I become in a different language.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa.”
“Shahid has grown increasingly committed to the art of indignation, waking up in the morning with an expression of incipient disgust already in stock for all the affronts he will surely encounter during the course of the day.”

Source : Sara Suleri (2018). “Meatless Days”, p.89, Penguin UK
“Even the most radical Islamic terrorist would not want to see the revered holy city of Medina go up. It would be like losing the Vatican in Rome.”
“If the world were to end tomorrow and we could choose to save only one thing as the explanation and memorial to who we were, then we couldn't do better than the Natural History Museum, although it wouldn't contain a single human. The systematic Linnean order, the vast inquisitiveness and range of collated knowledge and beauty would tell all that is the best of us.”

Source : A.A. Gill (2008). “Previous Convictions: Assignments from Here and There”, p.80, Simon and Schuster
“It is praiseworthy when you give not only to your power but beyond your power.”

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