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

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

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Lucius Apuleius (c. 124–c. 170) was a Roman philosopher, orator and romance-writer, of Berber North African origin. Apuleius' best-known work is his Metamorphoses, usually known in English as The Golden Ass.

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Alternative Names: Lucius Apuleius
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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.

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