Pope John Paul I

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    Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,
    Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    His spiritual life has been exaggerated by a chronic attack of mental gallstones.
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    A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)