Не работа крушит, а забота сушит

Cares and troubles ruin your health and make you look older than you really are. See Не годы старят, а горе (H)

Var.: Не работа старит (сушит,) а забота. Сушит человека не работа, а забота

Cf: Adversity flatters no man (Am., Br.). Care brings grey hair (Br.). Care is beauty's thief (Am.). Care is no cure (Br.). Care killed the cat (Am., Br.). It is not work that kills but worry (Am., Br.). Many cares make the head white (Am.). Sorrow and an ill life make soon an old wife (Am.)