If you must hold yourself up to your children, hold yourself up as an object lesson and not as an example. Sir Walter Besant More Quotes by Sir Walter Besant More Quotes From Sir Walter Besant Tolerance is the eager and glad acceptance of the way along which others seek the truth. Sir Walter Besant Youth is a wonderful thing what a crime to waste it on children. Sir Walter Besant My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world. Sir Walter Besant A man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. Sir Walter Besant I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy. Sir Walter Besant You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it. Better keep yourself clean and bright you are the window through which you must see the world. Sir Walter Besant
