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, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

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