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;
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To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
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, `) M  H8 ?  R2 o3 t; MTo appreciate beauty;

To find the best in others;
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2 q( g+ }/ X; K9 @; TTo 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;
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( ^7 R" O% C, k; k) {0 UThis is to have succeeded.