Quote by Moore, George Edward
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."
More from Moore, George Edward
"The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right."
"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."
"The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it."
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."