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I am further of opinion that it would be better for us to have [no laws] at all than to have them in so prodigious numbers as we have.

I am further of opinion that it would be better for us to have [no laws] at all than to have them in so prodigious numbers as we have.

Michel de Montaigne
Law, Numbers, Justice
Michel de Montaigne, Bayle St. John (1866). “Essays [tr. by Cotton”, p.400

There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.

Michel de Montaigne
Two, Hair, Justice
Michel de Montaigne (2015). “Essays of Montaigne”, p.922, Xist Publishing

Laws are maintained in credit, not because they are essentially just, but because they are laws. It is the mystical foundation of their authority; they have none other.

Michel de Montaigne
Power, Law, Justice
Michel de Montaigne (1964). “Selected essays of Montaigne: in the translation of John Florio”

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