skill Quotes

Phronimos, possessing practical wisdom . But the only virtue special to a ruler is practical wisdom; all the others must be possessed, so it seems, both by rulers and ruled. The virtue of a person being ruled is not practical... ...

The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of... ...

Rhetoric can be described as the skill of finding all possible ways to persuade in any given situation. This is unique to rhetoric and not part of any other art.

The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.

Art is identical with a state of capacity to make, involving a true course of reasoning.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice.

People become house builders through building houses, harp players through playing the harp. We grow to be just by doing things which are just.

What you have to learn to do, you learn by doing.

It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it.