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.
PETRONIUSI believe that school makes complete fools of our young men, because they see and hear nothing of ordinary life there.
More Petronius Quotes
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The mind longs for what it has missed.
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It is fear that first brought gods into the world.
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Everyone will find what he’s looking for. Nothing pleases everyone: this man gathers thorns, that one roses.
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A doctor is nothing more than consolation for the spirit.
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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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Beauty and wisdom are rarely conjoined.
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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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While fortune lasts you will see your friend’s face.
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One good turn deserves another.
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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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What power has law where only money rules?
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Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you.
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The world wills itself to be deceived, so let it be deceived.
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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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Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.
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A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.
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Heaven is equally distant everywhere.
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The world wants to be deceived.
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The favor for the favor or One hand washes the other.
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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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He has gone over to the majority.
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Women are one and all a set of vultures.
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A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind.
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