One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on. — Heraclitus
One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on.
In the original Greek
ποταμοῖσι τοῖσιν αὐτοῖσιν ἐμβαίνουσιν ἕτερα καὶ ἕτερα ὕδατα ἐπιρρεῖ
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Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, DK B12.
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Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B12.
