Success in Life

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Success in Life.

“To laugh often and much;
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, to find the best in others; 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.
This is to have succeeded.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson.

circa 1870: American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) who was among the leaders of the transcendental movement in Boston. (Photo by Otto Herschan Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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