Famous quotes containing the words russian, civil, war and/or aftermath:
“We are all dead men on leave.”
—Eugene Leviné, Russian Jew, friend of Rosa Luxemburg’s lover, Jogiches. quoted in Men in Dark Times, “Rosa Luxemburg: 1871-1919,” sct. 3, Hannah Arendt (1968)
“Deep-seated are the wounds of civil brawls.”
—Marcus Annaeus Lucan (39–65)
“The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone
In the ranks of death you’ll find him,
His father’s sword he has girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him.”
—Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
“The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)