Getting everything you want isn't better.

The source

"Getting everything you want isn't better." Heraclitus said it in Fragment B110 (Diels-Kranz). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"ἀνθρώποις γίνεσθαι ὁκόσα θέλουσιν οὐκ ἄμεινον."

Original Greek, Fragment B110 (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 "Getting everything you want isn't better."?

Heraclitus (c. 535–475 BC). Source: Fragment B110 (Diels-Kranz).

What is the original Greek?

ἀνθρώποις γίνεσθαι ὁκόσα θέλουσιν οὐκ ἄμεινον. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.