"It is not work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man that he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade."
"Worry... is rust upon the blade."
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Source: Simon J. Ortiz (1994). “After and Before the Lightning”, p.39, University of Arizona Press
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