Russian Civil War/aftermath

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)

    If I thought that I could speak with discrimination and impartiality of the nations of Christendom, I should praise them, but it tasks me too much. They seem to be the most civil and humane, but I may be mistaken.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    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)