Petronius Quotes & Sayings

Heaven is equally distant everywhere. — Petronius

A huge dog, tied by a chain, was painted on the wall and over it was written in capital letters 'Beware of the dog.' — Petronius

While fortune lasts you will see your friend's face. — Petronius

Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you. — Petronius

What power has law where only money rules. — Petronius

A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind. — Petronius

Just as dumb creatures are snared by food, human beings would not be caught unless they had a nibble of hope. — Petronius

He has gone over to the majority. — Petronius

Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination. — Petronius

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman. — Petronius

A doctor is nothing more than consolation for the spirit. — Petronius

I believe that school makes complete fools of our young men, because they see and hear nothing of ordinary life there. — Petronius

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

One good turn deserves another. — Petronius

The world wills itself to be deceived, so let it be deceived. — Petronius

Beauty and wisdom are rarely conjoined. — Petronius

Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality. — Petronius

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

It is fear that first brought gods into the world. — Petronius

He that has a penny in his purse, is worth a penny: Have and you shall be esteemed. — Petronius

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

Women are one and all a set of vultures. — Petronius

The mind longs for what it has missed. — Petronius