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Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
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Vegetarianism can easily reach religious proportions. Refraining from meat on moral grounds serves to dignify feelings of guilt toward sad-eyed, furry creatures… — Bill Griffith Copy Share Image
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