What is success（转载）

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What is success

                 by Ralph Waldo Emerson
% R4 [2 B% L" X$ YTo laugh often and much;
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; c6 U9 ~4 D# Z2 g1 s2 @To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
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5 F% W/ d& c" aTo appreciate beauty;
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) E* y; }8 h. }: f7 v0 ZTo find the best in others;
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) m: I, ]8 V4 ~To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;

" `% y/ S* {" y, H! Y( t8 x8 L8 QThis is to have succeeded.