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"A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you and uses it to come to a complete vision of who you are. That is snobbery. And the dominant form of snobbery that exists today is job snobbery — you encounter it within minutes at a party when you get asked that famous, iconic question of the 21st century: ‘What do you do?’ The opposite of a snob is your mother."

— Alain de Botton on false standards and reclaiming the metrics of success. (via curiositycounts)

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January 18, 2012

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"The noblest is eternally the most tragic. The people who succeed and do not push on to a greater failure are the spiritual middle classers. Their stopping at success is the proof of their uncompromising insignificance."

— Eugene O’Neill, letter to the New York Tribune, February 13, 1921

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February 09, 2011

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"

My dear,

You asked of me how one knows they have succeeded.
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 to 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 that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.

Truly yours,

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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— (via trulyfantastic)

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January 11, 2011

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