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

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I myself with my own eyes saw the Sibyl at Cumae hanging in a flask; and when the boys cried at her: ' Sibyl, Sibyl, what do you want?' 'I would that I were dead,' she used to answer.

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For I myself saw the Sibyl indeed at Cumae with my own eyes hanging in a jar; and when the boys used to say to her, "Sibyl, what do you want?" she replied, 'I want to die."

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Practice moderation in all things, including moderation.

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The mind wishes for what it has missed, and occupies itself with retrospective contemplation.

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Delight of lust is gross and brief
And weariness treads on desire.

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A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well.

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Parents deserve reproof when they refuse to benefit their children by severe discipline.

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

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

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Born: 27

Died: 66 (aged 39)

Bio: Gaius Petronius Arbiter was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero. He is generally believed to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to have been written during the Neronian era.

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