Quote by Knut Hamsun
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to preserve oneself, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny"
More from Knut Hamsun
"I love the beautiful season when the fruits fall from the trees like rain."
"A man can do what he wills, but he cannot will what he wills."
"The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven."
"I have committed the great crime of not being ambitious."