I saw a few quotes from this book of “modern proverbs” that didn’t go far back enough. One was “god doesn’t give you a cross you can’t bear” — something like that.
They traced it back to a book from 1985. But I was around in 1985 (I was 13) and I remember hearing it before then, from a parable called “The cross room”.
So, the book isn’t perfect, but it gives some decent pointers for further research.
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