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Definition of Legacy
Legacy

A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.

A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like.

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Legacy Quotations

No legacy is so rich as honesty.
William Shakespeare

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.
Samuel Butler

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once.
Samuel Butler

I don't think about my legacy, if indeed, I have one.
Louis Farrakhan

It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.
Aaliyah

Legacy Translations

legacy in French is legs
legacy in Norwegian is testamentarisk gave
legacy in Spanish is legado
legacy in Swedish is arv


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