There is no man, good as he may be, who, if all his thoughts and actions were submitted to the scrutiny of the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.
Il n'est si homme de bien, qu'il mette à l'examen des loix toutes ses actions et pensées, qui ne soit pendable dix fois en sa vie.
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Original Citation
De Montaigne, Michel. "De la Vanite [Of Vanity]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.
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Current Citation
De Montaigne, Michel. "On Vanity." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.
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