"When the exceptional historian comes along, you have a poet."

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Source : Melvin B. Tolson (1982). “Caviar and Cabbage”

Melvin B. Tolson

#Poet Quotes #Exceptional Quotes #Historian Quotes

“One has two duties - to be worried and not to be worried.”
“Madame Lily Devalier always asked "Where are you?" in a way that insinuated that there were only two places on earth one could be: New Orleans and somewhere ridiculous.”
“You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.”
“Henry Blodget does occasionally have a new idea. If you're making a point about aggregation or the emptiness of modern journalism, he's far from the best target. Try Huffpo - or Gawker writers whose souls have been corroded by irony.”
“Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.”
“All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.”

Source : "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXII, section 39,
“There can be no compromise on the right of personal security; there can be no compromise on securing of human rights.”
“I was set to go to Oregon to play college baseball and football.”

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