Pope Gregory II

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    ‘Tis with our judgments as our watches, none
    Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
    —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)