Pope Julius II Born : December 5, 1443 Died : February 21, 1513 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Pope Julius II Self-negation is noble, self-culture beneficent, self-possession is manly, but to the truly great and inspiring soul they are poor and tame compared with self-abuse. Pope Julius II abuse soul self The smell of gunpowder is sweeter to me than all the perfumes of Arabia. Pope Julius II gunpowder smell arabia Christians are the unstable, unlettered, superstitious masses Pope Julius II unstable mass christian