Sayings · Insatiable desires for knowledge and worldly pursuits

al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406 AH) · Thaqalayn library edition, reproduced verbatim

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٤٥٧. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): مَنْهُومَانِ لَا يَشْبَعَانِ: طَالِبُ عِلْمٍ، وَطَالِبُ دُنْيَا.

457. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Two greedy persons never get satiated, the seeker of knowledge and the seeker of this world.

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