The world wants to be deceived.
PETRONIUS
Nothing is falser than people’s preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.
More Petronius Quotes
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The world wants to be deceived.
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What power has law where only money rules?
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The mind longs for what it has missed.
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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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Women are one and all a set of vultures.
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A doctor is nothing more than consolation for the spirit.
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He that has a penny in his purse, is worth a penny: Have and you shall be esteemed.
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Beauty and wisdom are rarely conjoined.
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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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The world wills itself to be deceived, so let it be deceived.
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One good turn deserves another.
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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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Can’t you see that I’m only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb
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Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.
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A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind.
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