G. M. Trevelyan was a famous Historian from England, who lived between February 16, 1876 and July 21, 1962. He/she became 86 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aquarius, who is known for Knowledge, Humanitarian, Serious, Insightful, Duplicitous.
Our collection contains 12 quotes who is written / told by M. Trevelyan, under the main topics: Education - Graduation.
12 Famous quotes by G. M. Trevelyan
"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility"
"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"
"A little man often cast a long shadow"
"One half who graduate from college never read another book"
"Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading"
"Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out"
"If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt"
"I have two doctors, my left leg and my right"
"Village cricket spread fast through the land"
"The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses"
"Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization"
"Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you"
