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. 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. Proverbs, precepts, maxims, saws, adages, and axioms. Polished over years of use, here are thousands of sayings that are just as true today as the day they were coined. - Learn to unlearn. - Truth does not blush. - Enjoy the journey as much as the stay. - Stretch beyond what is comfortable. - If you think you can, you can. - Pack you own parachute. - Fall seven times, stand up eight. - Keep your soul young. Turn to any page and find the secrets of life

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