| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 9320 |
| AUTHOR: | Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne (15331592) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Book iii. Chap. ix. Of Vanity. |
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