The pleasure of the act of love is gross and brief and brings loathing after it — Petronius Love Copy Share Image
“The imagination will not perform until it has been flooded by a vast torrent of reading. - 27-66 AD” — Petronius Imagination Copy Share Image
“Everyone will find what he's looking for. Nothing pleases everyone: this man gathers thorns, that one roses.” — Petronius Flowers 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… — Petronius Beauty 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:… — Petronius Young boy Copy Share Image
“I saw with my own eyes the Sibyl of Cumae hanging in a jar, and when the boys said to her, Sibyl,… — Petronius Copy Share Image
“Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality...” — Petronius Made Copy Share Image
“All those who are left legacies in my will…will obtain my bequests only on one condition, that they cut my body in… — Petronius Ur Eyes Copy Share Image
A huge dog, tied by a chain, was painted on the wall and over it was written in capital letters 'Beware of… — Petronius Chains Copy Share Image
I believe that school makes complete fools of our young men, because they see and hear nothing of ordinary life there. — Petronius Believe Copy Share Image
“I said everything that a painful swelling in one's libido tells one to say.” — Petronius Copy Share Image
We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. — Petronius Form Copy Share Image
“Outward looks are not enough, Beauty is not common stuff- Of merriment it is compact, Playful grace in every act, Witty laughter,… — Petronius Art Copy Share Image
Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you. — Petronius Aliens Copy Share Image
“Can't you see that I'm only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb?” — Petronius Ancient Copy Share Image
