H. P. Lovecraft quote: It is good to be a cynic — it is better to be a contented cat — and it is ...

It is good to be a cynic — it is better to be a contented cat — and it is best not to exist at all.

~ H. P. Lovecraft ~

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It is good to be a cynic — it is better to be a contented cat — and it is best not to exist at all.

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