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    12 Lucius Beebe Quotes That Will Restore Your Faith In Urbanity

    Journalist, historian, gourmand, Yale expellee, and the patron saint of snobbery: Lucius Beebe.

    Hannah Chamberlain
    by Hannah Chamberlain

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    BuzzFeed Creative / Via Richard Kluger's "<i>The Paper: The Life and Death of the New York Herald Tribune</i>."

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    Hannah Chamberlain / Via Lucius Beebe's "The Stork Club Bar Book"

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    BuzzFeed Creative / Via Lucius Beebe's "The Big Spenders"

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    Hannah Chamberlain / Via booktryst.com

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    BuzzFeed Creative / Via Lucius Beebe's "The Big Spenders"

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    Hannah Chamberlain / Via Lucius Beebe's "The Stork Club Bar Book"

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    BuzzFeed Creative / Via Lucius Beebe's "The Big Spenders"

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    Hannah Chamberlain / Via Lucius Beebe's "The Stork Club Bar Book"

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    BuzzFeed Creative / Via Lucius Beebe's "The Big Spenders"

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    Hannah Chamberlain / Via newyorksocialdiary.com

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    BuzzFeed Creative / Via forbes.com

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    Hannah Chamberlain / Via playgroundtothestars.com