“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 de Montaigne
Simplified Meaning:
Everyone has done things wrong at some point, and if we were judged strictly by all our thoughts and actions, we would all be in serious trouble more than once.
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