Author: G. M. Trevelyan

Quotes

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

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

Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.

Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.

- G. M. Trevelyan

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

- 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

One half who graduate from college never read another book.

One half who graduate from college never read another book.

- G. M. Trevelyan

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