Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power. ✨ B…

Benjamin Franklin
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Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power. ✨ Benjamin Franklin (2013). Poor Richard's Almanack, p.17, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
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