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Category Archive: 1876

Max Jacob Quote: “The poet’s expression of joy conceals…”

The poet’s expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.

October 21, 2021 1876, French, July 12, Max Jacob, Quotes by Poets

G. M. Trevelyan Quote: “I have two doctors, my left…”

I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.

July 30, 2021 1876, English, February 16, G. M. Trevelyan, Quotes by Historians

G. M. Trevelyan Quote: “A little man often cast a…”

A little man often cast a long shadow.

July 25, 2021 1876, English, February 16, G. M. Trevelyan, Quotes by Historians

Mary Ritter Beard Quote: “It’s only very recently that women…”

It’s only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions which, as Muses, they typified for the Greeks.

April 21, 2021 1876, American, August 5, Mary Ritter Beard, Quotes by Historians

G. M. Trevelyan Quote: “One half who graduate from college…”

One half who graduate from college never read another book.

March 25, 2021 1876, English, February 16, G. M. Trevelyan, Quotes by Historians

G. M. Trevelyan Quote: “Never tell a young person that…”

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.

January 15, 2021 1876, English, February 16, G. M. Trevelyan, Quotes by Historians

Max Jacob Quote: “What is called a sincere work…”

What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.

December 22, 2020 1876, French, July 12, Max Jacob, Quotes by Poets

G. M. Trevelyan Quote: “Village cricket spread fast through the…”

Village cricket spread fast through the land.

November 3, 2020 1876, English, February 16, G. M. Trevelyan, Quotes by Historians

Mary Ritter Beard Quote: “Wherever we go, across the Pacific…”

Wherever we go, across the Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as ‘the bizarre’. Things astonish us, when we travel, that surprise nobody else.

September 29, 2020 1876, American, August 5, Mary Ritter Beard, Quotes by Historians

G. M. Trevelyan Quote: “If the French noblesse had been…”

If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.

August 11, 2020 1876, English, February 16, G. M. Trevelyan, Quotes by Historians

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