What is success（转载）

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What is success

                 by Ralph Waldo Emerson
To laugh often and much;
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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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To appreciate beauty;
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% G4 J' Z4 ^. |" UTo find the best in others;
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0 F! }  t" ?! U2 TTo leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
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% N+ _9 ?  ~7 w9 I9 v! R- qTo know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;

# I9 }- x4 Q  G1 o5 NThis is to have succeeded.