Innocent VIII

Famous quotes containing the words innocent and/or viii:

    “See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Matthew 10:16.

    Jesus to his disciples.

    “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength
    because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the
    avenger.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm VIII (l. VIII, 2)