Quote by Oscar Wilde

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to obtain the occasional necessity of life, but anything further is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

Oscar Wilde Freedom
Playwright Poet Irish 1854–1900

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