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Quotation from Memoirs of Usama ibn Munqidh by Usama ibn Munqidh
“Their loss has left a heartsore that will stay with me to the last day of my life.”
Memoirs of Usama ibn Munqidh, Section I, ch. 4 (Usamah's Second Sojourn in Damascus), trans. Philip K. Hitti
On the four thousand volumes lost when Franks plundered the ship carrying his household's goods from Egypt.
Citation: "Their loss has left a heartsore that will stay with me to the last day of my life." — Usama ibn Munqidh, Memoirs of Usama ibn Munqidh, Section I, ch. 4 (Usamah's Second Sojourn in Damascus), trans. Philip K. Hitti. (id usama-ibn-munqidh-memoirs-q6)
