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;

5 V6 L0 e3 s  ^$ z- f! X/ f# |* ~To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
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: n& q  c# H1 \To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
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( e, P1 D7 c- ?% wTo appreciate beauty;

To find the best in others;
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3 b" {* X9 w4 X; WTo leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;

: D: X( i( R, j) {9 {To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
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This is to have succeeded.