Apuleius Quotes

Prose writer

Apuleius, born in 125 AD and died in 180 AD, was a renowned Roman prose writer. His work 'The Golden Ass' is a classic of Latin literature, known for its unique satirical style and rich imagination.

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All Familiarity Breeds Contempt Ifs Love Admiration Art Behavior Behaviour Blindness Block Carpe

Famous Apuleius Quotes

“If you saw me, perhaps you would fear me, perhaps adore me, but all I ask of you is to love me. I would rather you would love me as an equal than adore me as a god.”

Love Fear Identity True Love Cupid And Psyche

Author:Apuleius

“Stupid people always dismiss as untrue anything that happens only very seldom, or anything that their minds cannot readily grasp.”

Stupidity Stupid People Incomprehension Ignorence

Book:The Golden Ass

Source: The Golden Ass

“I little esteeme to see your visage and figure, little doe I regard the night and darknesse thereof, for you are my only light.”

Love Light

Book:Cupid and Psyche

Source: Cupid and Psyche

“Venus herself, if she were bold, would not be Venus.”

Ifs Behavior Behaviour Venus

Author:Apuleius

“A Mercury is not made out of any block of wood.”

Made Woods Block Sculpture Mercury

Author:Apuleius

“Poverty is the discoverer of all the arts.”

Art Poverty

Author:Apuleius

“If I keep my good character, I shall be rich enough.”

Ifs Enough Character Rich Carpe Diem Good Character Carpe

Author:Apuleius

“It is a difficult matter to keep love imprisoned.”

Matter Difficult

Author:Apuleius

“But he who knows what insanity is, is sane; whereas insanity can no more be sensible of its own existence, than blindness can see itself.”

Knows Existence Insanity Sensible Sane Blindness Familiarity Breeds Contempt

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Apuleius (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Apuleius (Illustrated)

“Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.”

Winning Admiration Contempt Familiarity Rarity Familiarity Breeds Contempt

Author:Apuleius

About the Author

Born: 125
Died: 180
Known for: Prose writer
Quotes: 10

Books & Sources

Cupid and PsycheRelated source material

Delphi Complete Works of Apuleius (Illustrated)Related source material

The Golden AssRelated source material

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