Arthur Quiller-Couch quote

The real tragedy of the Library at Alexandria was not that the incendiaries burned immensely, but that they had neither the leisure nor the taste to discriminate.
Arthur Quiller-Couch
Arthur Quiller-Couch
Arthur Quiller-Couch
Born: Nov 21, 1863
Died: May 12, 1944

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Library, Alexandria, Immensely, Neither, Had, Real, Nor, Tragedy, Discriminate, Taste, Burned, Leisure

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