Quote from Diogenes Laërtius 

"[Anacharsis] also said that he marvelled that among the Greeks, those who were skilful in a thing contend together; but those who have no such skill act as judges of the contest."

Quote by:
Diogenes Laërtius
(c. 3rd century AD), Biographer of ancient Greek philosophers
Source:
in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, as translated by C. D. Yonge (1853), "Anacharsis" sect. 5, p. 47
 
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