Donkeys would prefer refuse to gold. — Heraclitus
Donkeys would prefer refuse to gold.
In the original Greek
ἑτέρα γὰρ ἵππου ἡδονὴ καὶ κυνὸς καὶ ἀνθρώπου, ὄνους σύρματ' ἂν ἑλέσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ χρυσόν· ἥδιον γὰρ χρυσοῦ τροπὴ ὄνοις
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Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Original citation
Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, F17 - DK B9.
