Stephen Fry quote: Nobody seems to understand that in such matters the tact and sympathy should come from the one who is about ...

Nobody seems to understand that in such matters the tact and sympathy should come from the one who is about to die, not the poor bugger who has to take the news.

~ Stephen Fry ~

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