deridedst

Updated: January 27, 2026

These things I thought on, and Thou wert with me; I sighed, and Thou heardest me; I wavered, and Thou didst guide me; I wandered through the broad way of the world, and Thou didst not forsake me. I panted after honours, gains, marriage; and thou deridedst me.

Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - The Confessions of St. Augustine