"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
Maybe its because he's a local boy or maybe its because his ideas follow so closely to my own but I recently re read "Self Reliance". It only goes to show that the lessons of yesterday are well worth revisiting.
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