Petronius on oneself
Petronius24 quotes“Everyone will find what he’s looking for. Nothing pleases everyone: this man gathers thorns, that one roses.”
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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 While fortune lasts you will see your friend’s face.
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 Beauty and wisdom are rarely conjoined.
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