No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

无论战争有什么政治原因，其根本原因总是经济原因。

Nothing is inevitable until it happens.

没有什么是不可避免的，除非它发生。

No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

战争不爆发是不可避免的。

Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

像大多数研究历史的人一样，他（拿破仑三世）从过去的错误中学到了如何制造新的错误。

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.

列宁是第一个发现资本主义“不可避免地”引起战争的人；他是在第一次世界大战已经打响的时候才发现这一点的。他当然是对的。因为每个伟大的国家在1914年都是资本主义国家。

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.

在我看来，过去的大多数伟人都是为了啤酒而来的——财富、威望和威望与权力相伴。

Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.

人类的失误通常比人类的邪恶更能塑造历史。

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

为了提供安全和维护和平而积累起来的大军，以自己的力量把各国带到战争中去。

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

老年最大的问题是担心它会持续太久。

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.

一个只达到希特勒准确度的赛车告密者对他的客户来说不会有什么好处。

A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.

即兴演讲和即兴政策的大师。

Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else.

精神分析学家认为，唯一的“正常”人是那些不会给自己或别人带来麻烦的人。