Albert Einstein Quotes

If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.

Albert Einstein

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• If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Man
  • Animals
  • Injury