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Quote by William Hazlitt
The are of will-making chiefly consists in baffling the importunit

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

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A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one – they show one another off to the best advantage. – William Hazlitt

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You may not be able to leave your children a great inheritance, but day by day, you may be weaving coats for them which they will wear for all eternity. – Theodore L. Cuyler

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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 patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir. – Thomas Fuller

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I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar. – Andrew Carnegie

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