black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

What power has law where only money rules?

Petronius

Women are one and all a set of vultures.
PETRONIUS

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

Creature Food Hope
The world wills itself to be deceived, so let it be deceived.
PETRONIUS

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

Alien Home Leaving Life Yourself
I believe that school makes complete fools of our young men, because they see and hear nothing of ordinary life there.
PETRONIUS

Believe Complete Fools Life Man Ordinary School Young
While fortune lasts you will see your friend’s face.
PETRONIUS

Face Fortune Friendship
The world wants to be deceived.
PETRONIUS

Betrayal World
The favor for the favor or One hand washes the other.
PETRONIUS

Favor Hardship
Nothing is falser than people’s preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.
PETRONIUS

Conception False Moral People
What power has law where only money rules?
PETRONIUS

Law Money Power Rule
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.
PETRONIUS

Attractive Beautiful Enough Gift Nature
It is fear that first brought gods into the world.
PETRONIUS

Deep Fear God Philosophy World
A doctor is nothing more than consolation for the spirit.
PETRONIUS

Doctor Spirit
One good turn deserves another.
PETRONIUS

Deserve Goodness Turn
Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.
PETRONIUS

Beautiful Combination Wisdom
The mind longs for what it has missed.
PETRONIUS

Mindset Missing

What power has law where only money rules?

Related Topics

Popular Authors

What power has law where only money rules?

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Petronius Quotes