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Seeking Quotes by Saint Augustine
- We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.
- I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
- Father, I am seeking: I am hesitant and uncertain, but will you, O God, watch over each step of mine and guide me.
- I did not find you outside, O Lord, because I made the mistake of seeking outside you who were within
- Why persist in walking difficult and toilsome paths? There is no repose where you are seeking it. Search as you like, it is not where…
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- It were indeed to be wish'd that our art had been less ingenious, in contriving means destructive to mankind; we mean those… — Herman Boerhaave
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