Author: G. M. Trevelyan

Quotes

Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

- G. M. Trevelyan

One half who graduate from college never read another book.

One half who graduate from college never read another book.

- G. M. Trevelyan

The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.

The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.

- G. M. Trevelyan

Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.

Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.

- G. M. Trevelyan

Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.

Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.

- G. M. Trevelyan

Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.

Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.

- G. M. Trevelyan

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