# Fragmenta 20

Heraclitus of Ephesus, Fragmenta, Fragment 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/heraclitus-of-ephesus/fragmenta/20

[86] —— III 14 (II 201, 23) Ἡ γοῦν κακίζων φαίνεται τὴν γένεσιν, ἐπειδὰν φῆι· γενόμενοι ζώειν ἐθέλουσι μόρους τ’ ἔχειν, μᾶλλον δὲ ἀναπαύεσθαι, καὶ παῖδας καταλείπουσι μόρους γενέσθαι.

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Heraclitus of Ephesus, Fragmenta, ed. Hermann Diels. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0626.tlg002.local001/.