• According to TMZ, it read: “What is success? 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.”
• It was the line about “false friends” that has since generated headlines.
• The quote goes on to define success as “to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

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