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8,789 Words of Wisdom

Proverbs, Precepts, Maxims, Adages, and Axioms to Live By

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By Barbara Ann Kipfer

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On Sale
Aug 1, 2001
Page Count
608 pages
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company
ISBN-13
9780761117308

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$10.99

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$13.99 CAD

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Trade Paperback

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An essential, obsessive collection of all those wise and quirky sayings we’ve heard before—plus plenty of essential, obscure ones to discover—now all in one place.
 
With words of comfort and motivation, humor and warmth, here are thousands of proverbs, precepts, maxims, adages, and axioms—8,789 of them, to be precise—that prove just as true today as the day they were coined. Polished over years of use, there’s the unexpected, the playful, even the counterintuitive.
 
Learn to unlearn.
Appreciate the questions as much as the answers.
Stretch beyond what is comfortable.
Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment.

 
Every page contains secrets and encouragement to lead a happy, healthy, sane, and productive life; taken altogether, it’s the ultimate source of inspiration for personal growth.
 

Genre:

  • Mind, Body, Spirit
  • Self-help
  • Personal Growth
  • Happiness

Barbara Ann Kipfer is the author of numerous Workman books including 14,000 Things to be Happy About. She is a lexicographer and author whose many works include thesauri and other reference books, spiritually themed books, and list books. She lives in New England. Her website is thingstobehappyabout.com.

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Barbara Ann Kipfer

Barbara Ann Kipfer

About the Author

Barbara Ann Kipfer is the author of numerous Workman books including 14,000 Things to be Happy About. She is a lexicographer and author whose many works include thesauri and other reference books, spiritually themed books, and list books. She lives in New England. Her website is thingstobehappyabout.com.

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