Living
Book IX, 540
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Living
Do not rapidly unfold to the end of the roll the book of Heraclitus the Ephesian. The path is very difficult, and all is mist and unilluminated darkness ; but if one initiated introduce you, it is clearer than the bright sun.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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