Who said "The written word preserves what the spoken word loses."?

This quote is attributed to Léopold Sédar Senghor.

The written word preserves what the spoken word loses. - Léopold Sédar Senghor

"The written word preserves what the spoken word loses."

Léopold Sédar Senghor Literature

President, Poet Senegalese 1906–2001

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