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Apuleius Quotes

Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.

Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.

Apuleius
Winning, Admiration, Contempt
"On the God of Socrates". Ch. 4,

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

Apuleius
Character, Carpe Diem, Rich

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

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.

It is a difficult matter to keep love imprisoned.

Apuleius
Matter, Difficult

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

Apuleius
Behaviour, Venus, Behavior

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

Apuleius
Block, Sculpture, Mercury