Petronius quotes
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“We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized.”
-- PetroniusSource : "Merrill’s Marauders" by Charlton Ogburn, harpers.org. January 1957.
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“A doctor is nothing more than consolation for the spirit.”
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“Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.”
-- PetroniusSource : Gaius Petronius Arbiter (1962). “The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter”
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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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“Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.”
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“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.”
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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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“I believe that school makes complete fools of our young men, because they see and hear nothing of ordinary life there.”
-- PetroniusSource : Petronius (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Petronius (Illustrated)”, p.164, Delphi Classics
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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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“What power has law where only money rules?”
-- PetroniusSource : "Satyricon (The Book of Satyrlike Adventures)". Book by Petronius (Chapter XIV), late 1st century AD.
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“The world wills itself to be deceived, so let it be deceived.”
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“It is fear that first brought gods into the world.”
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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.”
-- PetroniusSource : Petronius (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Petronius (Illustrated)”, p.779, Delphi Classics
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“While fortune lasts you will see your friend's face.”
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“Heaven is equally distant everywhere.”
-- PetroniusSource : Petronius Arbiter (1964). “The Satyricon of Petronius”
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“A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.”
-- PetroniusSource : Petronius (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Petronius (Illustrated)”, p.183, Delphi Classics
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“A huge dog, tied by a chain, was painted on the wall and over it was written in capital letters 'Beware of the dog.'”
-- PetroniusSource : 'Satyricon' 'Cena Trimalchionis' ch. 29, sect. 1
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“One good turn deserves another.”
-- PetroniusSource : Petronius Arbiter (1999). “The Satyricon”, p.36, Oxford University Press, USA
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“Beauty and wisdom are rarely conjoined.”
-- PetroniusSource : "Satyricon (The Book of Satyrlike Adventures)". Book by Petronius (Chapter XCIV), late 1st century AD.
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“A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind.”
-- PetroniusSource : "The Satyricon". Book by Petronius, 1st century AD.
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“The favor for the favor or One hand washes the other.”
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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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