Gaius Petronius Arbiter Quotes

“The mind longs for what it has missed.”

“The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived.”

“Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.”

“You see a louse on someone else, but not a tick on yourself.”

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

“What power has law where only money rules?”