Apuleius Quotes

• Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.

  Apuleius

  Winning, Admiration, Contempt

  "On the God of Socrates". Ch. 4,

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

  Apuleius

  Character, Carpe Diem, Rich

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• 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.

  Apuleius

  Insanity, Existence, Blindness

  Apuleius (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Apuleius (Illustrated)”, p.668, Delphi Classics

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• Poverty is the discoverer of all the arts.

  Apuleius

  Art, Poverty

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 285. 35, De Magia, 1922.

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• It is a difficult matter to keep love imprisoned.

  Apuleius

  Matter, Difficult

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• Venus herself, if she were bold, would not be Venus.

  Apuleius

  Behaviour, Venus, Behavior

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• A Mercury is not made out of any block of wood.

  Apuleius

  Block, Sculpture, Mercury

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