I think this says it all

"When you get what you want in your struggle for self, and

the world makes you king for a day,

Then go to the mirror and look at yourself, and

see what that guy has to say.

For it isn't your Father, your Mother, your Spouse,

Whose judgment upon you must pass,

The feller whose verdict counts most in your life, Is the

guy staring back from the glass."

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