Virtue alone is sufficient to make a man great, glorious, and happy.--He that is acquainted with Cato, as I am, cannot help thinking as I do now, and will acknowledge he deserves the name, without being honoured by it.
Franklin asserts that virtue is the key to greatness and happiness, referencing Cato to support his view.
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