You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive, and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is it more?

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"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."

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"Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another."

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