Michel de Montaigne: "There is no man so good, who…"

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No hay hombre tan bueno que, si sometiera todos sus pensamientos y acciones a las leyes, no mereciera ser colgado diez veces en su vida.

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“A straight oar looks bent in the water.”

Michel de Montaigne

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