To laugh often and love much;
to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children;
to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of
false friends;
to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self;
to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition;
to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation;
to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived
-- this is to have succeeded.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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