What is success（转载）

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What is success
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                 by Ralph Waldo Emerson
$ I( _+ u2 q5 [5 |' X6 m7 n7 QTo laugh often and much;

  E' v' d& w# a5 ETo 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;
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To appreciate beauty;
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: h, I5 H0 G+ L/ J; k2 ?To find the best in others;
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; b+ e3 o' S1 J" vTo 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;

) t3 J0 Z9 U2 X% `# M8 J! qThis is to have succeeded.