The mind longs for what it has missed.
—Petronius
Topics: Mind
He has gone over to the majority.
—Petronius
Topics: Dying, Death
He that has a penny in his purse, is worth a penny: Have and you shall be esteemed.
—Petronius
Beauty and wisdom are seldom found together.
—Petronius
Topics: Beauty
It is fear that first brought gods into the world.
—Petronius
Topics: God
Just as dumb creatures are snared by food, human beings would not be caught unless they had a nibble of hope.
—Petronius
Topics: Hope
We trained hard-but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.
—Petronius
Topics: Opportunity, Progress, Illusion, Organization
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- Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) Roman Stoic Philosopher
- Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) Roman Poet
- Marcus Manilius Roman Poet
- Pliny the Younger Roman Senator, Writer
- Seneca the Elder (Marcus Annaeus Seneca) Roman Rhetorician
- Persius Roman Poet
- Martial Ancient Roman Latin Poet
- Claudian Roman Poet
- Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) Roman Poet
- Lucretius Roman Epicurean Philosopher
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