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Benjamin Franklin
Kilde
Gjengitt i James Parton: Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, Volum 1 (1867).
Engelsk
I will speak ill of no man and speak all the good I know of everybody.
Del av
I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and, upon proper occasions, speak all the good I know of everybody.