Famous quotes containing the words russian, civil, war and/or aftermath:
“An enormously vast field lies between “God exists” and “there is no God.” The truly wise man traverses it with great difficulty. A Russian knows one or the other of these two extremes, but is not interested in the middle ground. He usually knows nothing, or very little.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“Since the Civil War its six states have produced fewer political ideas, as political ideas run in the Republic, than any average county in Kansas or Nebraska.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“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)