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