Every conflict plagues the peace that follows it.

It seems to me the worst of all the plagues is the slug, the snail without a shell. He is beyond description repulsive, a…

— Celia Thaxter

“Before the first settlers arrived on American shores, a massive plague, or series of plagues, had essentially annihilated the indigenous peoples. They”

— Evan Currie

Published in 1947, 'The Plague' has often been read as an allegory, a book that is really about the occupation of France, say, or…

— Anne Applebaum

All the contagion of the south light on you, You shames of Rome! you herd of--boils and plagues Plaster you o'er; that you may…

— William Shakespeare

Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares…

— Voltaire

What plagues people is not those who don't love them, but those who do.

— Michael Gilbert

“Plagues were nothing new to Europe…. They were recorded as far back as 1347, and continued on until 1750. In 1649, a terrible epidemic…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba

Fears of creating new kinds of plagues or of altering human evolution or of irreversibly altering the environment were only some of the concerns…

— Paul Berg

As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the…

— Larry Niven

And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.

— Daniel Defoe

I have lived to see the greatest plague on earth -- the condemning of God's word, a fearful thing, surpassing all other plagues in…

— Martin Luther

There are plagues, and there are victims, and it's the duty of good men not to join forces with the plagues.

— Albert Camus

Of all the plagues with which the world is curst, Of every ill, a woman is the worst.

— George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

Unless the peace that follows recognizes that the whole world is one neighborhood and does justice to the whole human race, the germs of…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Giving up is always easy. It's the peace that follows that sucks.”

— Rachel Caine