“Outward looks are not enough, Beauty is not common stuff- Of merriment it is compact, Playful grace in every act, Witty laughter, laughing wit: These are things that go with it, These surpass the simple graces In beautiful and silly… — Petronius Copy Share Image
The pleasure of the act of love is gross and brief and brings loathing after it — Petronius Copy Share Image
“The imagination will not perform until it has been flooded by a vast torrent of reading. - 27-66 AD” — Petronius Copy Share Image
“Everyone will find what he's looking for. Nothing pleases everyone: this man gathers thorns, that one roses.” — Petronius Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σίβυλλα τί θέλεις; respondebat illa: ἀποθανεῖν θέλω.… — Petronius Copy Share Image
