Plato, Sophist, section 234a

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[234a] that he means a husbandman; for you said he was a maker of animals also.

Stranger
Yes, and of sea and earth and heaven and gods and everything else besides; and, moreover, he makes them all quickly and sells them for very little.

Theaetetus
This is some joke of yours.

Stranger
Yes? And when a man says that he knows all things and can teach them to another for a small price in a little time, must we not consider that a joke?

Theaetetus
Surely we must.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 12 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.

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