Inheritance Quotes

A little of someone else’s money can go a long, long way. While some think of it as a birthright, others consider it a blessing, something that came out of left field in the afterlife. Whether you’re inheriting wealth or that little pet poodle you always despised, inheritance quotes demonstrate the responsibility that comes with an unexpected windfall. Spend it while you can, money’s contraband, but a well executed inheritance can change your stars. Sure, you can listen to those investment counselors. Or perhaps instead you can gain plenty of advice from those who have written legendary inheritance quotes, knowing that some day, someone just like you may receive a very pleasant surprise. Reference.com Definition of Inheritance
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Letty Pogrebin

"Lifestyles and sex roles are passed from parents to children as inexorably as blue eyes or small feet." — Letty Pogrebin
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"Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him." — Johann Kaspar
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Louisa May Alcott

"People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world." — Louisa May Alcott
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Bible

"And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD." — Bible
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"One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise certain grave cares, and we contain ourselves, and brood over our bliss with a solemn brow." — Emily Bronte
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"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 Martial
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"One of the biggest problems I see these days is when the children feel they have a right to an inheritance and a lot of times [they want to intervene on their parent's financial behalf] before they are ready and willing to do that. I know a lot of lawyers who say the first thing they do is take the parents into a room and ask them if they are ready for this." — Frank Degen
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"He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral." — Yiddish Proverbs
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"I would rather make my name than inherit it." — William M. Thackeray
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William Hazlitt

"The are of will-making chiefly consists in baffling the importunity of expectation." — William Hazlitt
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"The weak shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights." — J. Paul Getty
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"A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired." — (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
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"Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him." — Johann Kaspar Lavater
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"A man cannot leave a better legacy to the world than a well-educated family." — Thomas Scott
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Niccolo Machiavelli

"Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony." — Niccolo Machiavelli
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John Ruskin

"An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men." — John Ruskin
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Lord Byron

"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 Byron
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"It really changes your entire perspective when you go through an inheritance." — Barbara Steinmetz
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Bible

"A person can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven." — Bible
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

"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
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

"The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise." — Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
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