Expect the unexpected or you'll never find it.
Heraclitus, Fragment 7
The source
"Expect the unexpected or you'll never find it." Heraclitus said it in Fragment 7. Translated by John Burnet, 1920.
"If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it"John Burnet, 1920, Fragment 7.
Who said it
Heraclitus (c. 535–475 BC). Philosopher of Ephesus who taught that everything flows. Only fragments of his book survive.
Questions
- Who said "Expect the unexpected or you'll never find it."?
- Heraclitus (c. 535–475 BC). Source: Fragment 7.
- What is the original wording?
- If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it (John Burnet, 1920). Translated by John Burnet, 1920.
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