Petronius on fortune
Petronius24 quotes“While fortune lasts you will see your friend’s face.”
Filed under
More from Petronius
Women are one and all a set of vultures.
PetroniusPetronius A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.
PetroniusPetronius Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you.
PetroniusPetronius Everyone will find what he’s looking for. Nothing pleases everyone: this man gathers thorns, that one roses.
PetroniusPetronius The world wills itself to be deceived, so let it be deceived.
PetroniusPetronius 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.
PetroniusPetronius The world wants to be deceived.
PetroniusPetronius The mind longs for what it has missed.
PetroniusPetronius Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.
PetroniusPetronius A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind.
PetroniusPetronius A doctor is nothing more than consolation for the spirit.
PetroniusPetronius He has gone over to the majority.
PetroniusPetronius Heaven is equally distant everywhere.
PetroniusPetronius Nothing is falser than people’s preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.
PetroniusPetronius Can’t you see that I’m only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb
PetroniusPetronius What power has law where only money rules?
PetroniusPetronius
Original quotes
From our community writers
I managed to cut myself loose and while there was pain – there weren’t any blood.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh Free will exist only in a confused mind.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland If you are true to yourself, you are already a winner.
Alex DanielAlex Daniel You deserve words that remind you of your value.
Saif Ali ManganSaif Ali Mangan Do always wonder about your worth and remind yourself that even roses have their own thorns.
Megan LaoMegan Lao I’m like sugar in the coffee. Stir me and I’ll dissolve into you.
BelaBela Plans have changed. Life looks different. & now we’re all figuring it out as we go.
Tanya GillTanya Gill Be loyal to those loyal to you.
Sonya TeclaiSonya Teclai
Meet the writers
More on fortune
Fortune favors the brave; and the world certainly gives the most credit to those who are able to give an unlimited credit to themselves.
Anthony TrollopeAnthony Trollope Fortune has dealt with me rather too well. I have known little struggle, not much poverty, many generosities.
Sinclair LewisSinclair Lewis I feel I’m fortunate compared with a lot of parents in being able to afford a nanny but, you know, it’s expensive.
Liz TrussLiz Truss A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner The young people I meet want more freedom – to start firms, keep more of what they earn, and move to areas with opportunities without paying a fortune.
Liz TrussLiz Truss I had my father’s mind, but he had his mother’s mind. Fortunately, his mother lived with us and so I early realized that intellectual abilities of the kind I shared with my father and grandmother were not sex-linked.
Margaret MeadMargaret Mead It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English translation of his great work.
C. V. RamanC. V. Raman One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
Robert A. HeinleinRobert A. Heinlein