What is success（转载）

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What is success
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                 by Ralph Waldo Emerson
" T# ~5 e, i+ j. r. |$ LTo laugh often and much;
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& j% Y0 |3 h- W/ c" [& `To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
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To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;

7 @5 m, @8 e: J( x& P/ S9 qTo appreciate beauty;
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$ |% A! ^6 t% b! T" QTo find the best in others;

0 i7 L# Q  \! j2 W5 pTo leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;

( @2 U; \: E" _! E& }To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
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This is to have succeeded.