Famous quotes containing the words russian, civil, war and/or aftermath:
“The French courage proceeds from vanitythe German from phlegmthe Turkish from fanaticism & opiumthe Spanish from pridethe English from coolnessthe Dutch from obstinacythe Russian from insensibilitybut the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
“Colonel Shaw
and his bell-cheeked Negro infantry
on St. Gaudens shaking Civil War relief,
propped by a plank splint against the garages earthquake.”
—Robert Lowell (19171977)
“In war personal revenge maintains its silence.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)