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;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty;
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To 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;

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
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3 c: p- w9 Y( n9 i! {2 VThis is to have succeeded.