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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.
A. J. P. Taylor
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A. J. P. Taylor
Age: 84 †
Born: 1906
Born: March 25
Died: 1990
Died: September 7
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Historian Of The Modern Age
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Alan John Percivale Taylor
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History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.
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Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.
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There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting.
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