Byzantine Civil War

Famous quotes containing the words civil war, civil and/or war:

    “Colonel Shaw
    and his bell-cheeked Negro infantry
    on St. Gaudens shaking Civil War relief,
    propped by a plank splint against the garage’s earthquake.”
    —Robert Lowell (1917–1977)

    “Over thy wounds now do I prophesy
    ...
    A curse shall light upon the limbs of men,
    Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
    Shall cumber all the parts of Italy.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “We only know war lasts, rain soaks, and clouds sag stormy.”
    —Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)