Literature Quotes

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"Literature gives voice to those history has tried to silence"
Muhammad VI
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"Literature preserves our cultural memory"
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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"The written word is immortality."
Hassan II
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"Literature preserves the wisdom of ages."
Muammar Gaddafi
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"Literature speaks across time and culture."
Muammar Gaddafi
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"Literature preserves the wisdom of ages for those willing to read."
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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"Literature and culture reflect our soul."
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
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"Literature preserves the wisdom of generations."
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
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"Literature preserves the voice of generations."
Muammar Gaddafi
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"Literature preserves the voice of those who came before us."
Muhammad VI
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"Literature preserves the wisdom and stories of human civilization."
Muhammad Morsi
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"Literature connects us across time and culture."
Muhammad Morsi
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"Literature preserves the wisdom of ages"
Hosni Mubarak
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"Literature preserves the memory of a people across generations."
Muammar Gaddafi
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"Literature is the voice of those whom power seeks to silence."
Muammar Gaddafi
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"Literature preserves the wisdom and experiences of generations past."
Habib Bourguiba
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"The power of literature is its ability to transform consciousness."
Habib Bourguiba
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"A culture that does not read, does not think; a culture that does not think, does not grow."
Muhammad VI
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"Literature preserves the wisdom and experiences of our ancestors."
Muhammad Morsi
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"Literature and art preserve the soul of a civilization."
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
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"Literature preserves the wisdom of ages."
Anwar Sadat
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"Literature connects us across time and space."
Anwar Sadat
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"Literature reflects the soul of a nation."
Abdel Gamal Nasser
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"Literature preserves the wisdom of ages"
Muammar Gaddafi
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"Literature speaks across centuries"
Muammar Gaddafi
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"Poetry is the breath of my people."
Léopold Sédar Senghor
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"Literature is the mirror in which a people see their own reflection."
Léopold Sédar Senghor
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"Literature is the mirror of society."
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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"In reading the great literature of the world, we read the wisdom of all ages."
Anwar Sadat
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"The pen is mightier than the sword in shaping minds."
Muammar Gaddafi