#inheritance

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#despair #drive #equanimity #father #him

The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance? ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#arms race #child #children #inheritance #nations

Who is it who decides that one man should live and another should die? My life wasn't worth any more than his, but he's the one who's buried, while I get to enjoy at least a few more hours above the ground. Is it chance, random and cruel, or is there some purpose or pattern to all this, even if it lies beyond our ken?" -Roran ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#eragon #inheritance #inheritance-cycle #inspirational #life

The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits of his intelligence, his capacity, his industry and skill are among the inalienable inheritances of humanity. ↗

— Leland Stanford

#any #benefits #capacity #each #full

I remember as a child of eight being told by a young friend that I had killed Christ. That was news to me. It's a common experience for the Jewish young. Should later generations of Germans be burdened with the guilt arising from the profound inhumanity of their ancestors? Revenge may be sweet, but guilt is non-transferable. Still, hatreds survive with the persistence of cockroaches. ↗

— Sid Fleischman

#holocaust #inheritance #experience

My dad was born poor, made a fortune during his life, and then died suddenly—murdered by his only son, leaving his vast estate to a daughter I didn’t know he had.
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— Jarod Kintz

#daughter #family #father #inherit #inheritance

In THE INHERITANCE readers will see the dangers associated with counterfeit spiritual experience; but they'll also see the beauty of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and what it means to walk in His resurrection power, which is the inheritance of all believers. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is genuine, which means authentic and real. Occult power is counterfeit, which is best defined as 'made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive'. ↗

— Brian Williams

#beauty

How delightful! Dunford had just come into an unexpected inheritance. She rather hoped it was something good. One of her friends had just unwillingly inherited thirty-seven cats. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#inheritance #humor

For I am in love. For the first time in my life, utterly and completely, I have fallen in love, and I can not believe it myself. ↗

— Philippa Gregory

#the-boleyn-inheritance #life

Why does everything have to be so hard? [Eragon] wondered. Because, said Saphira, everyone wants to eat, but no one wants to be eaten. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#inheritance-cycle #humor