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There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the

There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends. – Miguel de Cervantes

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The are of will-making chiefly consists in baffling the importunity of expectation. – William Hazlitt

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A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired. – Juvenal

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Of course, money will do after its kind, and will steadily work to unspiritualize and unchurch the people to whom it was bequeathed. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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