“All those who are left legacies in my will…will obtain my bequests only on one condition, that they cut my body in pieces and eat it before the eyes of the citizens…You must merely shield your eyes, and imagine that… — 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
