Inheritance renders one feeble.
In antiquity, a father would present their child with a sword and instruct them to seize whatever they desired by their own hand.
I hold that notion in high esteem, encourage your offspring to be enterprising, for they are not infants to be coddled.
I required no one to wipe my bloody backside!
I applied myself to the world.
Ragnar Lothbrok types did not rear soft children loitering for papa’s gold.
No, they reared hunters, warriors, and voyagers.
The notion of bequeathing vast fortunes, unearned, would have been regarded as enfeebling the bloodline, not fortifying it.
Thus, those taking an affront just because some Hollywood thespian declines to create a trust‑fund heir is, one might say, richly idiotic and modern.
Only wimps want handouts in any age.
This you can trust.
Daniel Craig's daughter won't receive a large inheritance from her dad, as he finds inheritances "distasteful" and does not "want to leave great sums to the next generation." He told Insider, "My philosophy is to get rid of it or give it away before you go."