Compensation Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

“The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest.” quote by Arthur Conan Doyle — Download Open image

“The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest.”

Arthur Conan Doyle

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