Nine Years War/prelude - 1687%e2%80%9388

Famous quotes containing the words years, war and/or prelude:

    For five years I have seen her each day, and each time I believe it is for the first time.
    Jean Racine (1639–1699)

    The poetry of heroism appeals irresistibly to those who don’t go to a war, and even more to those whom the war is making enormously wealthy. It’s always so.
    Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)

    The less sophisticated of my forbears avoided foreigners at all costs, for the very good reason that, in their circles, speaking in tongues was commonly a prelude to snake handling. The more tolerant among us regarded foreign languages as a kind of speech impediment that could be overcome by willpower.
    Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)