Sunday, October 26, 2008

Hippo

St. Augustine reading the Epistles of St. Paul, fresco by Benozzo Gozzoli [c. 1421–1497], 1468; in the Church of Sant’Agostino, San Gimignano, Italy.

"O Lord, make me chaste and continent, but not yet."
- Saint Augustine [354-430 CE], as cited by 2008 Economics Nobel Laureate Paul Krugma in a discussion about the U.S. economy.