The best pick one thing over everything. The many just graze.

The source

"The best pick one thing over everything. The many just graze." Heraclitus said it in Fragment B29 (Diels-Kranz). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"αἱρεῦνται γὰρ ἓν ἀντὶ ἁπάντων οἱ ἄριστοι, κλέος ἀέναον θνητῶν, οἱ δὲ πολλοὶ κεκόρηνται ὅκωσπερ κτήνεα."

Original Greek, Fragment B29 (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 "The best pick one thing over everything. The many just graze."?

Heraclitus (c. 535–475 BC). Source: Fragment B29 (Diels-Kranz).

What is the original Greek?

αἱρεῦνται γὰρ ἓν ἀντὶ ἁπάντων οἱ ἄριστοι, κλέος ἀέναον θνητῶν, οἱ δὲ πολλοὶ κεκόρηνται ὅκωσπερ κτήνεα. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.