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We are prepared to go to the gates of Hell—but no further.

— Pope Pius VII

Nous voulons bien aller jusqu'aux portes de l'enfer; mais nous entendons neus arrêter là.

Original text (French)

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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)

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