Famous quotes containing the words combat and/or utilities:
“The combat ended for want of combatants.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“Flowers and fruits are always fit presents; flowers, because they are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all of the utilities of the world. These gay natures contrast with the somewhat stern countenance of ordinary nature: they are like music heard out of a work-house.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)