Michel de Montaigne: There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten

There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to — Michel de Montaigne

There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

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