Skilful

Famous quotes containing the word skilful:

“Therefore the skilful leader subdues the enemy’s troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.”
—Sun Tzu (6th–5th century B.C.)

“A skilful leech is better far
Than half a hundred men of war.”
—Samuel Butler (1612–1680)

“The skilful Nymph reviews her force with care:
Let Spades be trumps! she said, and trumps they were.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)