Turn the anger of the Almighty against the godless Turks and Barbarians who despise Christ the Lord.....In the royal city of the east, they have slai…

- Pope Pius Ii

Common men should esteem learning as silver, noble men prize it as gold, and princes as jewels.

- Pope Pius Ii

Lust sullies every age of man, but quite extinguishes old age.

- Pope Pius Ii

It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool. [Lat., Non est de pastu ovium quaestio, sed de lana.]

- Pope Pius Ii