Pope Nicholas III

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    Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust,
    Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
    He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
    And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
    Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863)

    The army is the true nobility of our country.
    —Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)