World Quotes by Petronius

He has gone over to the majority.

— Petronius

The favor for the favor or One hand washes the other.

— Petronius

The pleasure of the act of love is gross and brief and brings loathing after it

— Petronius

Beauty and wisdom are rarely conjoined.

— Petronius

Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.

— Petronius

“The imagination will not perform until it has been flooded by a vast torrent of reading. - 27-66 AD”

— Petronius

Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.

— Petronius

Heaven is equally distant everywhere.

— Petronius

“Everyone will find what he's looking for. Nothing pleases everyone: this man gathers thorns, that one roses.”

— Petronius

One good turn deserves another.

— Petronius

A doctor is nothing more than consolation for the spirit.

— Petronius

What power has law where only money rules?

— Petronius