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A.J. Cronin

(1896–1981) Physician

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A.J. Cronin was a physician.

Quick Facts About A.J. Cronin

Born: July 19, 1896
Died: January 6, 1981
Profession: Physician

About A.J. Cronin

[Wikidata] Scottish novelist (1896–1981)... | [Wikipedia] Archibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is The Citadel (1937), about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh mining village, and then moves into a highly paid private practice in London where he becomes disillu

Quotes by A.J. Cronin

Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them

Mind

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You are very attractive. And your greatest charm is that you do not realise it!

Attractive

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[Once plans for each eventuality are resolved, further] Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.

Anticipation

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“Hell is that state where one has ceased to hope.”

Hope

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We cannot measure Divine Providence by the yardstick of human mentality.

Divine

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The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.

Achievement

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Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we…

Alleys

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Nothing is more limiting than a closed circle of acquaintanceship where every avenue of conversation has been explored and social exchanges are…

Avenues

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Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.

Country

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Above all am I convinced of the need, irrevocable and inescapable, of every human heart, for God. No matter how we try…

Convinced

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Hell is the place where one has ceased to hope.

Christian

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Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little…

Appreciation

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Religions are many, reason is one, we are all brothers.

Brother

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You are extraordinarily attractive to women. And your greatest charm is that you do not realise it.

Attractive

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