Family Quote by Percival Avery

“Who is a true heir? He who treats his inheritance justly, and, respectful of his father's lifelong struggles, preserves & carries it further.”

— Felipe Mora Carballo

“entailment of the family estates, but envisaged for himself”

— Louis de Bernières

“He had never expected a title, never expected lands of his own or a household to go with them. His father had been a…

— Julia Quinn

“There could be no eldest son for her, and younger sons were indelicate things, necessary, but not to be much spoken of. Younger sons…

— Evelyn Waugh

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies…

— John F. Kennedy

“seemed to her that such a one abdicated all claim to enjoy the fruits of those friendly relations with people of good position which…

— Marcel Proust

“Come. I was on my way to the park; I know a quiet spot where you can sit down." "In public? With a servant?"…

— Rosamund Hodge

“He looked along the line of children, exhibits A to C of his existence and heirs to the twisted throne of his corrupt genetics.”

— David Louden

“the inhumation of surplus monarchs was a regular source of work for the Assassins’ Guild. There was always someone back home who wanted to…

— Terry Pratchett

“He was a descendant from the younger branch of an illustrious family, and it was designed, that the deficiency of his patrimonial wealth should…

— Ann Radcliffe

“Suspicious princes often promote the last of mankind from a vain persuasion, that those who have no dependence, except on their favour, will have…

— Edward Gibbon

“These sons belong me, and this wealth belongs me," with such thoughts the fool is tormented. He himself does not belong to himself; how…

— Anonymous