Famous quotes containing the words julius ii, pope and/or julius:
“Michelangelo said to Pope Julius II, “Self negation is noble, self-culture is beneficent, self-possession is manly, but to the truly great and inspiring soul they are poor and tame compared to self-abuse.” Mr. Brown, here, in one of his latest and most graceful poems refers to it in an eloquent line which is destined to live to the end of time—”None know it but to love it, None name it but to praise.””
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“My Lord advances with majestic mien,
Smit with the mighty pleasure to be seen:”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“They were not thinking of the means by which they could win, but how they could
make use of the victory.”
—Julius Caesar [Gaius Julius Caesar] (100–44 B.C.)