There is a strange charm in the hope of a good legacy that wonderfully reduces the sorrow people otherwise may feel for the death of their relatives and friends.
Inheritance Quotes
We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.
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.
When you have a fortune that is almost hard to imagine, the best thing is not to pass that on to one’s children. That distorts their life situation. (upon giving $100 million to fight the spread of HIV and AIDS in India)
Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldst really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by.
Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and triumphs that are the aftermath of war.
A man’s qualities are not divisible among his heirs.
Say not you know another entirely, till you have divided an inheritance with him.
We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.
Fabius has bequeathed you nothing, Bithynicus, although you used to present him yearly, if I remember right, with six thousand sesterces… By dying he has at least saved you six thousand.
