Quotes for All
The chorus-ending from Aristophanes, raised every night from every ditch that drains into the Mediterranean, hoarse and primeval as the raven’s croak, is one of the grandest tunes to walk by. Or on a night in May, one can walk through the too rare Italian forests for an hour on end and never be out … Read more
Village cricket spread fast through the land. G. M. Trevelyan
Before modern times there was Walking, but not the perfection of Walking, because there was no tea. G. M. Trevelyan
If one could make alive again for other people some cobwebbed skein of old dead intrigues and breathe breath and character into dead names and stiff portraits. That is history to me! G. M. Trevelyan
We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy. G. M. Trevelyan
If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt. G. M. Trevelyan
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. G. M. Trevelyan
Many who burnt heretics in the ordinary way of their business were otherwise excellent people. G. M. Trevelyan
History repeats itself and History never repeats itself are about equally true … We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy. G. M. Trevelyan
Village cricket spread fast through the land. In those days before it became scientific, cricket was the best game in the world to watch, with its rapid sequence of amusing incidents, each ball a potential crisis! G. M. Trevelyan