Pope Felix III

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    To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite,
    Who never mentions hell to ears polite.
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    There is no call for indignation or resentment at anyone whatsoever inquiring, holding,
    or propounding views concerning the divine, for it is not the authority of the disputant, but
    the truth of the disputation that is in the request.
    —Marcus Minucius Felix (2nd or 3rd cen. A.D.)

    The Empress is Legitimist, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he is mad.
    —Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)