What is success . w) N' P: _7 ?- W8 C% b; {/ _1 g & s# y1 |; M4 K% o, s by Ralph Waldo Emerson : O* r# u' b$ a: H: [
To laugh often and much;7 y4 u$ d4 g/ o7 T/ Q8 p
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To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; {2 ^/ w. P7 j# b/ J3 l( d2 Z
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To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; 1 S" T" O: Y2 P+ ^( @
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To appreciate beauty;- E: n* p! H2 v# ^: V
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To find the best in others;; ?5 r6 ^. \. U3 r0 G: b3 R
- ^( q6 ?6 d, s7 R" ]; Z7 xTo leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; / j! N! F8 c9 A; _4 l* Y/ E5 p ( i. |" v1 r& t2 f2 ]6 \To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; x: `/ n% p. N- N& c6 ]( H) Z
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This is to have succeeded.