“Our inheritance of well founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of freedom and justice, are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries can bestow.”
Contributed by: Dave Cohen
Winston Churchill
“The meek may inherit the earth, but the other kind inherits the mortgage”
Noah Goldstein
“Inherited ideas are a curious thing, and interesting to observe and examine.”
Mark Twain
“We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.”
Ethel Waters
“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
“He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral”
Yiddish Proverb
“I would rather make my name than inherit it”
William Makepeace Thackeray
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