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To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children,
to leave the world a better place,
to know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived,
this is to have succeeded.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

life-and-living

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