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I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar. - And

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

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Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune. – Andrew Carnegie

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There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration. – Andrew Carnegie

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To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure. – Honore de Balzac

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

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One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise certain grave cares, and we contain ourselves, and brood over our bliss with a solemn brow. – Charlotte Bronte

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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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