Augustine Aurelius Augustinus

theologian · Roman North Africa · 354–430

A theologian born at Thagaste in North Africa. At forty-three he wrote the Confessions, laying bare his own youth.

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c. 397 · Owning up to the prayer he made as a young man

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo.

Confessions, book 8, chapter 7

c. 397 · Opening the book with a prayer to God

You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.

fecisti nos ad te et inquietum est cor nostrum donec requiescat in te.

Confessions, book 1, chapter 1