In the highly entertaining Studies of Savages and Sex by Alfred Ernest Crawley, I found St.Augustine's famous epigram "Inter faeces et urinam nascimur". There is also a funny reference to this in Mr.Phillips by the admirable John Lanchester.Pen and ink with watercolour. 18cm x 26cm. Click to enlarge.
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This is very good. Nice drawing and beautiful watercolour
St. Augustine, glass-half-full fellow that he was, failed to mention that it's twixt poop and piss we grow, live and indeed die too.
love the halo!
Oh dear! This is nicely done. Smile St. Augustine.
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I love it... I will definitely be revisiting.
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