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Mephistopheles' Greetings


Here are some greetings to you from Mephistopheles, one of the servants of Lucifer the devil. Don't blame me for quoting him. I'm just his messenger. It won't be my fault if his greetings upset you.
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We wish you a dull Christmas!
We wish you a dull Christmas!
We wish you a dull Christmas and a terrible year!
Boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, come to our splendid land called Hell. It's full of pitch darkness, which will surely make you wish you'd never been born. That's a rewarding sensation.
Why? Because the feeling that you regret having been born is the wisest one that any advanced being can have. So don't worry. Come to our God-forsaken land and enjoy your misery.
Feeling miserable is much better than feeling happy in your cesspool of an earth. One of the ancient men on your land said something along these lines: "It's better to be a miserable Socrates than to be a happy pig." As a matter of fact, it's me who inspired the author of that saying. He he.

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