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Only the very rarest of princes can endure even a little criticism, and few of them can put up with even a pause in the adulation.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
Journalist
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
Even
Rarest
Princes
Pause
Pauses
Endure
Criticism
Littles
Little
Adulation

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