What is success（转载）

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What is success
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                 by Ralph Waldo Emerson
To laugh often and much;
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- P& j1 u, L8 z. B. A) _# [To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;

, n3 |$ `3 n- m) [, C! S$ `( [To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
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! C3 P# t7 y' C+ b! GTo appreciate beauty;

) n0 q' D% h3 A* g& q9 cTo find the best in others;
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. |0 K: w2 _* W; B  e: _' xTo leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;

' j3 V2 m. Y; E3 a6 [0 H/ |# HTo know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
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This is to have succeeded.