“To inherit property is not to be born - is to be stillborn, rather”
Henry David Thoreau
“Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're stillborn”
H. H. Munro
“Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can.”
Elizabeth I
“Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children.”
Albert Einstein
“The meek may inherit the earth, but the other kind inherits the mortgage”
Noah Goldstein
“I would rather make my name than inherit it”
William Makepeace Thackeray
“Say not you know another entirely, till you have divided an inheritance with him”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
