17 ordspråk av A. J. P. Taylor
A. J. P. Taylor
A. J. P. Taylor föddes den March 25th 1906 och dog den 7 September 1990 - noted for his lectures on history and for his prose style.
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 A master of improvised speech and improvised policies. |
| A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients. |
| He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones. |
| Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness. |
| In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power. |
| Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914. . . |
| Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones. |
| No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic. |
| No war is inevitable until it breaks out. |
| Nothing is inevitable until it happens. |
| Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy. |
| Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else. |
| The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism. |
| The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight. |
| The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long. |
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Proverb (1469536 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
Idiom (4438 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
Det är julafton om 38 dagar!
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