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# [Quote: "To laugh often and love much;"](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/quote-to-laugh-often-and-love-much)

 Written by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) | Aug 1, 2011 6:00:00 AM

"To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; [more] 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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