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.


The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Now First Collected and Arranged (ed. 1806)

Benjamin Franklin Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...