http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/berlusconi-2/2008/04/28/ An independent perspective on the Australian and global investment markets Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:27:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/berlusconi-2/2008/04/28/comment-page-1/#comment-20525 Philip Coggan Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:52:53 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/?p=2537#comment-20525 I urge you to study the life and times of Pope Julius III, last of the old-fashioned popes. Then go visit Villa Giulia, his private pleasure-garden. His predecessor Leo X is also worth reading up on: "Since God has seen fit to give us the papacy, let us enjoy it!" He kept an elephant and lost Germany. And visit the Villa Borghese, formerly the property of Scipione Borghese, the man with the best taste and worst conscience in Rome in the 17th century. Enjoy. I urge you to study the life and times of Pope Julius III, last of the old-fashioned popes. Then go visit Villa Giulia, his private pleasure-garden. His predecessor Leo X is also worth reading up on: "Since God has seen fit to give us the papacy, let us enjoy it!" He kept an elephant and lost Germany. And visit the Villa Borghese, formerly the property of Scipione Borghese, the man with the best taste and worst conscience in Rome in the 17th century. Enjoy.

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