Apuleius: Quotes about life

Apuleius was Berber prose writer in Latin. Explore interesting quotes on life.

Apuleius: 30 quotes 3 likes

“It is with life just as with swimming; that man is the most expert who is the most disengaged from all encumbrances.”
Ad vivendum velut ad natandum is melior qui onere liberior.

Apuleius book Apologia

Apologia; seu, Pro Se de Magia (Apologia; or, A Discourse on Magic), ch. 21; p. 268.

Life

“And in that day men will be weary of life, and they will cease to think the universe worthy of reverent wonder and of worship. And so religion, the greatest of all blessings, for there is nothing, nor has been, nor ever shall be, that can be deemed a greater boon, will be threatened with destruction; men will think it a burden, and will come to scorn it.”

Apuleius

The Prophecy of Hermes Trismegistus

Religion , Universe , Thinking , Life

“Darkness will be preferred to light, and death will be thought more profitable than life; no one will raise his eyes to heaven.”

Apuleius

The Prophecy of Hermes Trismegistus

Light , Life , Death