Quote by Anton Chekhov

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and imprisonment, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

Anton Chekhov Freedom
Playwright Novelist Russian 1860–1904

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