Famous quotes containing the words russian, civil, war and/or aftermath:
“Grishkin is nice: her Russian eye
Is underlined for emphasis;
Uncorseted, her friendly lust
Gives promise of pneumatic bliss.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“Come, civil night,
Thou sober-suited matron all in black.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay,
And a pinnace, like a fluttered bird, came flying from far away:
‘Spanish ships of war at sea! we have sighted fifty-three!’”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
“The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)