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Whosoever counts these Lays as fable, may be assured that I am not of his mind. ↗

— Marie de France

#assured #counts #fable #his #i

Because animals are property, we consider as "humane treatment" that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#consider #humane #humans #inflicted #property

Michael Vick may enjoy watching dogs fight. Someone else may find that repulsive but see nothing wrong with eating an animal who has had a life as full of pain and suffering as the lives of the fighting dogs. It's strange that we regard the latter as morally different from, and superior to, the former. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#different #dogs #eating #else #enjoy

We eat animals because they taste good. And if that's O.K., what's wrong with wearing fur? We need as a society to think seriously about our institutionalized animal use. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#animal #because #eat #fur #good

No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today. ↗

— Brendan Francis

#give #themselves #those #today #wasted

Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day. ↗

— Brendan Francis

#day #dozen #dozen times #every #every man

If you accept your limitations you go beyond them. ↗

— Brendan Francis

#beyond #go #limitations #them #you

The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream? ↗

— Brendan Francis

#achieving #alone #cherished #deprived #dream

What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque. ↗

— Brendan Francis

#back #cheque #his #likes #most

Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#i #journey #never #order #prepare