Famous quotes containing the words russian, civil, war and/or aftermath:
““I suppose with the French Revolution for a father and the Russian Revolution for a mother, you can very well dispense with a family,” he observed.”
—Doris Lessing (b. 1919)
“When civil fury first grew high,
And men fell out, they knew not why;
When hard words, jealousies, and fears,
Set folks together by the ears,
And made them fight, like mad or drunk,
For Dame Religion, as for punk;”
—Samuel Butler (1612–1680)
“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
“The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)