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Polus Quotes on Knowledge

Polus of Acragas was a Greek sophist and rhetorician of the late fifth century BC, a pupil of the great rhetorician Gorgias and the author of a now-lost handbook of rhetoric. This page collects quotes attributed to Polus on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Polus:

    “Rhetoric is the science of persuasion, and persuasion is the secret of every regime.”

  • “Ani kura za darmo nie gdacze.”

    Even the hen doesn't lay for free. | English equivalent: Nothing for nothing.
  • “English equivalent: Nothing for nothing.”

    Ani kura za darmo nie gdacze.
  • “Za dziękuje nic się nie kupuje. ( See in the Z section )”

    Your "Thank you" is fine but it will not help me pay my bills. | English equivalent: Nothing for nothing. | Strauss, Emanuel (1994). "955" . Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs . II . Routledge. p. 798. ISBN 978-1-136-78971-7 .
  • “Your "Thank you" is fine but it will not help me pay my bills.”

    Za dziękuje nic się nie kupuje. ( See in the Z section )
  • “English equivalent: Nothing for nothing.”

    Za dziękuje nic się nie kupuje. ( See in the Z section )
  • “Strauss, Emanuel (1994). "955" . Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs . II . Routledge. p. 798. ISBN 978-1-136-78971-7 .”

    Za dziękuje nic się nie kupuje. ( See in the Z section )
  • “Anielskie usta a szatanskie serce .”

    English equivalent: A honey tongue and a heart of gall. | Strauss, Emanuel (1998). Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs (Abbreviated ed.). Routledge. p. 108. ISBN 0415160502 .
  • “English equivalent: A honey tongue and a heart of gall.”

    Anielskie usta a szatanskie serce .
  • “Strauss, Emanuel (1998). Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs (Abbreviated ed.). Routledge. p. 108. ISBN 0415160502 .”

    Anielskie usta a szatanskie serce .