G. M. Trevelyan's Quotes
Born: 1970-01-01
Profession: Historian
Nation: English
Biography of G. M. Trevelyan
Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
Tags: Able, Education, WorthAnger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
Tags: Anger, Control, PassionOne half who graduate from college never read another book.
Tags: Another, Book, GraduationNever 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.
Tags: God, Someone, WaitingDisinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.
Tags: Blood, Life, RealThe best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
Tags: Best, Done, JobAction springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Tags: Action, Readiness, ThoughtIf the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.
Tags: Capable, Cricket, PlayingSocial history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.
Tags: History, Politics, Social