Petronius Quotes

• The mind longs for what it has missed.

  Petronius

  Mind

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• Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.

  Petronius

  Political

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• Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.

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  People, Morality, Opinion

  Gaius Petronius Arbiter (1962). “The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter”

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• Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you.

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  Home, Youth, Aliens

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• Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.

  Petronius

  Form, Combination

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• Women are one and all a set of vultures.

  Petronius

  Women, Vulture

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• Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature.

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  Sweet, Laughter, Use

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• What power has law where only money rules?

  Petronius

  Law

  "Satyricon (The Book of Satyrlike Adventures)". Book by Petronius (Chapter XIV), late 1st century AD.

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• Everyone will find what he's looking for. Nothing pleases everyone: this man gathers thorns, that one roses.

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  Men, Rose, Thorns

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• Can't you see that I'm only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb

  Petronius

  Stupid, Dumb

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• The world wants to be deceived.

  Petronius

  World, Want, Deceived

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• I believe that school makes complete fools of our young men, because they see and hear nothing of ordinary life there.

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  Believe, School, Men

  Petronius (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Petronius (Illustrated)”, p.164, Delphi Classics

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• It is fear that first brought gods into the world.

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  God, World, Firsts

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• The world wills itself to be deceived, so let it be deceived.

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  Political, World, Politics

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• While fortune lasts you will see your friend's face.

  Petronius

  Lasts, Faces, Fortune

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• Just as dumb creatures are snared by food, human beings would not be caught unless they had a nibble of hope.

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  Hope, Dumb, Caught

  Petronius (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Petronius (Illustrated)”, p.779, Delphi Classics

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• Heaven is equally distant everywhere.

  Petronius

  Heaven

  Petronius Arbiter (1964). “The Satyricon of Petronius”

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• A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.

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  Believe, Men, Businessman

  Petronius (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Petronius (Illustrated)”, p.183, Delphi Classics

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• One good turn deserves another.

  Petronius

  Fables, Turns, Deserve

  Petronius Arbiter (1999). “The Satyricon”, p.36, Oxford University Press, USA

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• A huge dog, tied by a chain, was painted on the wall and over it was written in capital letters 'Beware of the dog.'

  Petronius

  Dog, Wall, Letters

  'Satyricon' 'Cena Trimalchionis' ch. 29, sect. 1

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• A doctor is nothing more than consolation for the spirit.

  Petronius

  Doctors, Physicians, Spirit

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• Beauty and wisdom are rarely conjoined.

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  "Satyricon (The Book of Satyrlike Adventures)". Book by Petronius (Chapter XCIV), late 1st century AD.

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• A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind.

  Petronius

  Medicine, Mind, Physicians

  "The Satyricon". Book by Petronius, 1st century AD.

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• The favor for the favor or One hand washes the other.

  Petronius

  Latin, Hands, Favors

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• He that has a penny in his purse, is worth a penny: Have and you shall be esteemed.

  Petronius

  Money, Purses, Pennies

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