“O my darling books! A day will come when you will be laid out on the salesroom table, and others will buy and possess you-persons, perhaps, less worthy of you than your old master. Yet how dear to me are they all! Have I not chosen them one by one, gathered them all in with the sweat of my brow? I do love you all!”
Quote by Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy
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Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy
Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy was a French orientalist, linguist, and translator, recognized for his extensive work on the languages and cultures of the Middle East and Asia. His contributions to the study of Semitic languages, particularly Arabic, are significant, and he is often considered a founder of modern Arabic studies. more