Fragment 37
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Sues caeno cohortales aves pulvere vel cinere lavari.
Swine wash in the mire, and barnyard fowls in dust.
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Commentary
[ Hide commentary ]This fragment has been preserved only in Latin. Most scholars treat it as a paraphrase and not a direct quote. The thought definitely seems Heraclitean, and I see no reason to reject it. Compare this with fragment 13.