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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.
All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.
All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
And all people live, Not by reason of any care t... (more Leo Tolstoy quotes)
Tolstoy became a vegetarian in his later years.
Tolstoy was a heavy gambler during his younger days and frequently had to sell off family land to cover his obligations.
In 1882, Tolstoy worked as a volunteer census taker in Moscow.
Tolstoy condemned the 1905 revolts against the Russian government because he felt spiritual reform must come before political action.
Tolstoy reportedly learned to ride a bicycle when he was 67 years old.... (more Leo Tolstoy trivia)
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