Sir Walter Besant

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Quote	Categories	Rating	Rate
"My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world."	Honesty, Humor, Monarchy
"The man who listens to Reason is lost; reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master her."	Men, Strength
"England and America are two countries separated by the same language."	Age, America
"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."	Accomplishment, Achievement, Glory
"He knows nothing and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career."	Knowledge, Politics, Wisdom
"I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy."	Fear, Honesty, Truth
"Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children."	Age
"If you must hold yourself up to your children, hold yourself up as an object lesson and not as an example."	Age
"A man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage."	Age, Courage, Creativity
"Youth is a wonderful thing; what a crime to waste it on children."	Age, Crime
"Tolerance is the eager and glad acceptance of the way along which others seek the truth."	Acceptance, Age, Honesty

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