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Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you.

Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you.

Approximate author period: c. 1951 AD · modern

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Warren Buffett
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Approximate author period: c. 1951 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Warren Buffett: documented activity in 1951. Wikidata Q47213, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47213 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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