Circumstances Quote by Mariella Frostrup

“It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair.” quote by Mariella Frostrup — Download Open image

“It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair.”

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