艾伦·泰勒

　　艾伦·泰勒是19世纪的英国历史学家，专门研究欧洲外交。他既是一名记者，又是一名广播员，通过他的电视演讲，为数百万人所熟知。他的学术严谨和大众诉求的结合使得历史学家理查德·奥维把他描述为“我们这个时代的麦考利”。

艾伦·泰勒(A. J. P. Taylor)名言

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

不管战争有什么政治原因，其根本原因始终是经济原因。

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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.

除非发生，否则没有什么是不可避免的。

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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

战争爆发之前，战争是不可避免的。

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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。

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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”引发战争的人。他只有在第一次世界大战已经爆发时才发现这一点。他当然是对的。自1914年以来，每个大国都是资本主义国家。

艾伦·泰勒

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只为喝啤酒而喝啤酒-与权力并驾齐驱的财富，威望和宏伟。

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

人为失误通常比塑造人类邪恶更能塑造历史。

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

为提供安全和维护和平而积累的伟大军队，使各民族自力更生。