“Into a river you can’t step twice,”
Heraclitus declaimed his sage advice.
“You can stand on the land
And dance on the strand,
But 'NO WADING!'
unless it's on ice."
*Note:
"The river
Where you set
Your foot just now
Is gone---
Those waters
Giving way to this,
Now this."
Fragments: The Collected Wisdom of Heraclitus, Translated by Brooks Haxton.
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