Witty, wise, and elegant in their simplicity, these timeless adages on how to live in the material and spiritual worlds come from the author of Poor Richard's A

Centered on the theme of regaining a voice, the collection manifests poetry's power to distill meaning from the chaos of trauma

Americans today often think of thrift as a negative value—a miserly hoarding of resources and a denial of pleasure. Even more telling, many Americans don’t

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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