Quote by Émile Zola

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to preserve oneself from being cast into prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

Émile Zola Freedom
Novelist French 1840–1902

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