Pope Paul III quotes from The Tudors

Pope Paul III

You and I, Campeggio, have done well to avoid the craft of women. Celibacy is an immense relief.

Cardinal Campeggio

[regarding a letter Henry VII has sent demanding an annulment] He uses some intemperate language, Holiness, claiming that "Never was a prince so poorly treated by a Pope"

Pope Paul III

He meant my predecessor, and to be fair, he has a point. Clement was a terrible procrastinator. Although it was terribly wrong for some to dig up his dead body, stab it, and drag it through the street, I can well understand their sentiments; he was never popular.

Cardinal Campeggio

...Holy Father?

Pope Paul III

Do you know who that was? (the Cardinal shakes his head) Michelangelo Di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni.

Cardinal Campeggio

Michelangelo?! That was him?!

Pope Paul III

That was him. We forgive him, because he is a genius... whatever that means.