G. M. Trevelyan Quotes

No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read.

History is more or less bunk.

If history is really relevant in today's world, the proposition doesn't command much respect. Perhaps the past is a different country, but if so no one much wants to travel there.

I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.

I think documentaries are the greatest way to educate an entire generation that doesn't often look back to learn anything about the history that provided a safe haven for so many of us today.

The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being.

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

It takes a perverse determination to drain that instinctive curiosity away and make history seem just remote, dead and disconnected from our contemporary reality. Conversely, it just takes skilful storytelling to recharge that connection to make the past come alive in our present.

I think you can learn from history.

There are moments in history that people should be reminded of.

History is Philosophy teaching by example.

History is philosophy teaching by examples.

Americans are in vital need of the instruction that historians can provide.

We knew that bringing a level of entertainment value to the subject of history was the key to our success.

We learn from history. That's what it's all about.

History can be helpful in making sense of the world we live in. It can also be fascinating, even fun.

The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.

Learning history is easy; learning its lessons seems almost impossibly difficult.

I was a terrible history student. They taught me history as if it were a visit to a wax museum or to the land of the dead. I was over twenty before I discovered that the past was neither quiet nor mute.

Historical! Must it be historical to catch your attention? Even though historicity, like notoriety, denotes nothing more than thatsomething has occurred.

I love history. It was the only thing I did well at in school. I'm not ashamed to admit that I was not a good student but I was great at history.

The dignity of history.

Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away, history will teach us nothing.

History is a great dust heap.

I am a part of history whether people want to take it seriously or not.