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
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Attributed to Polus:
“Rhetoric is the science of persuasion, and persuasion is the secret of every regime.”
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“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 .