More from Benjamin Franklin
- Preface, Poor Richard’s Almanack (1758)
- Poor Richard’s Almanack
- This was first used by Franklin for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its “Reply to the Governor” (November 11, 1755) Reply to the Governor
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
