“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.”

—  A. J. Cronin

As quoted in Today's Gift : Daily Meditations for Families (1985) by Hazelden Publishing, p. 11

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Scottish novelist and physician 1896–1981

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