What is success（转载）

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What is success

                 by Ralph Waldo Emerson
$ F- T7 @6 R& @0 NTo laugh often and much;

To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
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% q5 A2 f1 w: \( r) G; HTo earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
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To appreciate beauty;

" h/ l8 G) I2 ~- N" t9 _4 L1 p$ |To find the best in others;

& Y  v& B0 v; S$ S) p6 @* DTo 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;

This is to have succeeded.