"Nous voulons bien aller jusqu'aux portes de l'enfer; mais nous entendons neus arrêter là."
— Pope Pius VII

January 1, 1970

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On his initially cautious approach in dealing with Napoleon, c. 1800–1. Quoted by Cardinal Ercole Consalvi in his memoirs, written originally in Italian; published in French, Mémoires (2nd ed., 1866), vol. 1, p. 365, note; translated into English by J. M. Robinson, Cardinal Consalvi (1981)