Inheritance Quotes


Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony. Niccolo Machiavelli Inheritance 324
I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar. Andrew Carnegie Inheritance 166
He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral. Yiddish Proverbs Inheritance 147
The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day. Orlando A. Battista Inheritance 129
Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him. Johann Kaspar Lavater Inheritance 125
My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. John Bunyan Inheritance 125
But thousands die without or this or that, die, and endow a college, or a cat: To some, indeed, Heaven grants the happier fate, Tenrich a bastard, or a son they hate. Alexander Pope Inheritance 117
I would rather make my name than inherit it. William Makepeace Thackeray Inheritance 102
There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends. Miguel de Cervantes Inheritance 100
What you enjoy is yours; what you save for your heirs, is already not yours, but theirs. Source Unknown Inheritance 99
Say not that you Anonymous Inheritance 97
A person can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven. Bible Inheritance 96
Lifestyles and sex roles are passed from parents to children as inexorably as blue eyes or small feet. Letty Cottin Pogrebin Inheritance 93
You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for! Marcus Valerius Martial Inheritance 91
A man cannot leave a better legacy to the world than a well-educated family. Thomas Scott Inheritance 88
Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. Ruth E. Renkel Inheritance 79
The are of will-making chiefly consists in baffling the importunity of expectation. William Hazlitt Inheritance 78
To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure. Honore de Balzac Inheritance 73
You may not be able to leave your children a great inheritance, but day by day, you may be weaving coats for them which they will wear for all eternity. Theodore L. Cuyler Inheritance 73
We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with. Don Marquis Inheritance 72
Die and endow a college or a cat. Alexander Pope Inheritance 71
If you want to really know what your friends and family think of you die broke, and then see who shows up for the funeral. Gregory Nunn Inheritance 69
All heiresses are beautiful. John Dryden Inheritance 67
A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired. Juvenal Inheritance 66
For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that claims a tear. Lord (George Gordon) Byron Inheritance 63
The way to be immortal (I mean not to die at all) is to have me for your heir. I recommend you to put me in your will and you will see that (as long as I live at least) you will never even catch cold. Lord (George Gordon) Byron Inheritance 62
Nothing succeeds like ones own successor. Clarence H. Hincks Inheritance 62
I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul. Mahatma Gandhi Inheritance 60
The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir. Thomas Fuller Inheritance 56
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir. Tacitus Inheritance 55
The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise. Michel de Montaigne Inheritance 53
To inherit property is not to be born -- it is to be still-born, rather. Henry David Thoreau Inheritance 49
Of course, money will do after its kind, and will steadily work to unspiritualize and unchurch the people to whom it was bequeathed. Ralph Waldo Emerson Inheritance 44

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