TREVELYAN

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

"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.

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.