Quotes by George Macaulay Trevelyan

George Macaulay Trevelyan

British historian and academic

Alive from: 1876-1962

Category: History and sociology

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  Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.

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

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  Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading, an easy prey to sensations and cheap appeals.

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  Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.