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A. J. P. Taylor
No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
A. J. P. Taylor
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.
Albert Szent-Gyorgi
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought.
Albert Szent-Gyorgi
A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.
J. M. Synge
Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her.
J. M. Synge
In the middle classes the gifted son of a family is always the poorest - usually a writer or artist with no sense for speculation - and in a family of peasants, where the average comfort is just over penury, the gifted son sinks also, and is soon a tramp on the roadside.
J. M. Synge
In a good play every speech should be as fully flavored as a nut or apple.
J. M. Synge
I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.
Leonard I. Sweet
The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.
Leonard I. Sweet
If we do not learn from history, we shall be compelled to relive it. True. But if we do not change the future, we shall be compelled to endure it. And that could be worse.