To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent people; to earn the approbation of honest critics, and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others, and to give of oneself; to leave the world a better place whether by a healthy child, a redeemed social condition, or a garden patch; to have lived your life with enthusiasm and to have sung with exaltation; and finally to know that one life has breathed easier because you have lived, that is to have been successful.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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