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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.

Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.

Approximate author period: c. 392 AD · classical

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Augustine of Hippo
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Approximate author period: c. 392 AD · classical
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 354 to 430; Wikidata Q8018, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8018 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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