A cliche is more than a maxim with which one disagrees.<p>Franklin also said in Poor Richard&#x27;s Almanack, &quot;Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power.&quot;  (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikiquote.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Poor_Richard%27s_Almanack" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikiquote.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Poor_Richard%27s_Almanack</a>) This was 17 years before the line in his &quot;Reply to the Governor&quot;.