Wars
The CFBS line was affected by three wars; The Franco-Prussian War, World War I and World War II .
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Famous quotes containing the word wars:
“I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.”
—Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)
“We have to have wars now and then just to prove we’re top dog.”
—Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935)
“Before now poetry has taken notice
Of wars, and what are wars but politics
Transformed from chronic to acute and bloody?”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)