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Sophist (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠talk but cannot converse: he says a great deal about everything and owns none of it personally.

Sophist (n.) wanders ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from city to city with no home of his own, which is why he will always misdraw the statesman at war.

A Sophist (n.) persuades ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the young to leave the fellow citizens they could keep company with for free, pay him a fee instead, and be grateful to him besides.

A Sophist (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a merchant of provisions for the soul who, like any food seller, praises everything on his stall without knowing which of it is good for you.

A Sophist (n.) could ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠corrupt his pupils for forty years with his name intact, while a cobbler who returned sandals in worse shape would be found out within the month and starve.

A Sophist (n.) ambushes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠you with a million questions until you marvel at his wisdom; then, having tamed and bound you, he sets you free for a ransom.

A Sophist (n.) who ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠claims to teach virtue and then complains that his pupils cheated him of his fee refutes himself: a student made just could not wrong him.

The Sophist (n.) calls ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠wisdom the knack of a keeper who has learned a huge, strong animal's moods, what soothes and angers it, and calls good whatever it enjoys and bad whatever angers it.

A Sophist (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an orator work so close together that they get mixed up: they don't know what to do with themselves, and no one else knows what to do with them.