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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9 F8 E1 ~- T1 F$ GTo 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;

, q( @1 d6 t* L, d6 RTo appreciate beauty;

2 P( W' m+ s5 N+ n" Q. M4 \$ ]To find the best in others;

To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
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% [6 f( L$ b. S" l1 H' e7 CTo know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;

' D# e$ w) k7 M: Y% }' A& dThis is to have succeeded.