Famous quotes containing the words russian, civil, war and/or aftermath:
“That is almost the whole of Russian literature: the phenomenal coruscations of the souls of quite commonplace people.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“Deep-seated are the wounds of civil brawls.”
—Marcus Annaeus Lucan (39–65)
“The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the chance of war presents itself as a possible bountiful friend.”
—Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)
“The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)