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By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves.

— Marie Dressler My Own Story (1934)

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If ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics?

There is a vast difference between success at twenty-five and success at sixty. At sixty, nobody envies you. Instead, everybody rejoices generously, sincerely, in your good fortune.

My Own Story (1934)

A rut is like a grave – it's only a question of depth.

I was born serious and I have earned my bread making other people laugh.

My Own Story (1934)

Love is not getting, but giving. It is sacrifice. And sacrifice is glorious! I have no patience with women who measure and weigh their love like a country doctor dispensing capsules. If a man is worth loving at all, he is worth loving generously, even recklessly.

My Own Story (1934)

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