28 Quotes by Petronius Arbiter

utres inflati ambulamus. minoris quam muscae sumus, muscae tamen aliquam uirtutem habent, nos non pluris sumus quam bullae.

Serva me, servabo te

Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.

Reorganizing can be a wonderful method for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.

What power has law where only money rules.

We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized.

One good turn deserves another.

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

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.