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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."


By:

Diogenes Laërtius (more quotes by Diogenes Laërtius or books by/about 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

Categories:

Competition, Justice, Power

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