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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.
H. P. LovecraftAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: american
- Born: August 20, 1890
- Died: March 15, 1937
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All the stories and descriptions of that time without exception peak only of the patriotism, self-sacrifice, despair, grief, and heroism of the Russians. But in reality it was not like that...The majority of the people paid no attention to the general course of events but were influenced only by their immediate personal interests.
Leo Tolstoy