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Pigs like mud better than clean water.

Heraclitus, Fragment B13 (Diels-Kranz)

The source

"Pigs like mud better than clean water." Heraclitus said it in Fragment B13 (Diels-Kranz). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"ὕες βορβόρῳ μᾶλλον χαίρουσιν ἢ καθαρῷ ὕδατι."

Original Greek, Fragment B13 (Diels-Kranz). Greek: Diels-Kranz fragment text via el.wikisource.

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 "Pigs like mud better than clean water."?
Heraclitus (c. 535–475 BC). Source: Fragment B13 (Diels-Kranz).
What is the original Greek?
ὕες βορβόρῳ μᾶλλον χαίρουσιν ἢ καθαρῷ ὕδατι. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

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