Famous quotes containing the words pope gregory, pope, gregory and/or iii:
“I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.”
—Pope Gregory VII (c. 1020–1085)
“So vast is art, so narrow human wit.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“It is the custom of the Roman Church which I unworthily serve with the help of God, to tolerate some things, to turn a blind eye to some, following the spirit of discretion rather than the rigid letter of the law.”
—Pope Gregory VII (c. 1020–1085)
“The army is the true nobility of our country.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)