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Inheritance Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- Men seldom rise from low condition to high rank without employing either force or fraud, unless that rank should be attained either by gift or…
- A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
- Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony
- A son could bear complacently the death of his father while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair
More Inheritance Quotes
- To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure. — Honore de Balzac
- For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that claims a… — Lord Byron
- I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their… — Eric Clapton
- During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must… — Maya Angelou
- Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers? — Jean Anouilh
- It is much simpler and easier to collect and caress the trophies of our democratic inheritance than it is to fashion up-to-date… — Charles Ferguson
- The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. — Benjamin Disraeli
- They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance. — Edmund Burke
- In fact, the history of North America has been perhaps more profoundly influenced by man's inheritance from his past homes than by… — Ellsworth Huntington
- The nucleus has to take care of the inheritance of the heritable characters, while the surrounding cytoplasm is concerned with accommodation or… — Ernst Haeckel
- Lastly, we must be holy, because without holiness on earth - we will never be prepared to enjoy Heaven. ...I do not… — J C Ryle
- You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission of sins,… — Saint John Chrysostom