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.
- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
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He who would teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live.
- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we would be more on equal terms. For we would consider the contrary of what the liar said to be certain. But the opposite of truth has a hundred thousand faces and an infinite field.
- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
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