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What is success
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by Ralph Waldo Emerson
& m5 \ @) H# a- m- |To laugh often and much;
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% `! ?: i" _) z% ]' h: P( K) w/ GTo win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;# `* x" `5 x4 }1 `, N8 R
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To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
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# J8 j7 z* ^# F* t* l; b" i0 P7 WTo appreciate beauty;- ^4 m3 [- D, s& r' \
; _6 r! W% S7 d1 m ]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;
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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
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This is to have succeeded. |
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