We learn nothing from history except the infinite variety of men's behaviour. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
In my opinion we learn nothing from history except the infinite variety of men's behaviour. We study it, as we listen to music or read poetry, for pleasure, not for instruction. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
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