Famous quotes containing the words combat and/or rescue:
“The combat ended for want of combatants.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost—that is to say, one of the elements, whether good or bad, which have shaped and complicated civilization—is to extend the scope of social observation and to serve civilization.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)