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Where should I post this to get it addressed?
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4957...
is misattributed. No source of Franklin's can be found with this quote.
The closest actual quote I can find is a translation from the greek by F.A. Paley (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...) in Greek Wit (1881, p. 37), translated from Joannes Stobaeus's Anthology and, in there, attributed to Solon. The translation is "wrong-doing can be avoided in a State if those who are not wronged feel the same indignations at it as those who are."
https://archive.org/stream/greekwitco...