Christians are the unstable, unlettered, superstitious masses Pope Julius II More Quotes by Pope Julius II More Quotes From 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