A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; theref…

Leo Tolstoy
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A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. ✨ Leo Tolstoy (graf) (1911). The novels and other works of Lyof N. Tolstoï
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