De Officiis [On Duties]

Above all, the search after truth and its eager pursuit are peculiar to man. And so, when we have leisure from the demands of business cares, we are eager to see, to hear, to learn something new, and we esteem a desire to know. I heard this in the introduction to Confessions by Saint Augustine, which I was listening to on the way to work on 6/24/2025. I Googled it and found it on this site: https://libquotes.com/cicero/quote/lbi7i0k#:~:text=Above%20all%2C%20the%20search%20after%20truth%20and,and%20we%20esteem%20a%20desire%20to%20know.