Comments on: If http://total.eclipse.co.il/2006/09/25/if/ A site for sore eyes. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:50:02 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shay http://total.eclipse.co.il/2006/09/25/if/comment-page-1/#comment-7458 Shay Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:52:53 +0000 http://total.eclipse.co.il/?p=78#comment-7458 Yeah, my dad gave me this a few years back too.. :) I like the Emerson one too..! Thanks..! Yeah, my dad gave me this a few years back too.. :)

I like the Emerson one too..! Thanks..!

]]> By: Daniel Waisberg http://total.eclipse.co.il/2006/09/25/if/comment-page-1/#comment-7457 Daniel Waisberg Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:26:45 +0000 http://total.eclipse.co.il/?p=78#comment-7457 Great poem, the first my father recited to me when I was aroung 13. Since then I read it once in a while to see if I am turning into a man. I read another day a good american version from the philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson: "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 little 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 the meaning of success." Great poem, the first my father recited to me when I was aroung 13. Since then I read it once in a while to see if I am turning into a man. I read another day a good american version from the philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson:

“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 little 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 the meaning of success.”

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