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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To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
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, q3 v' Z- s& e( p" H2 X+ YTo earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;

; j# }& G% h, P+ ]! l0 oTo appreciate beauty;
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. h8 I8 ]1 v  k0 O7 CTo find the best in others;
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To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;

This is to have succeeded.