The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.
πόλλ' οἶδ' ἀλώπηξ, ἐχῖνος δ'ἓν μέγα
Original text (Ancient Greek)
Notes from Wikiquote
As quoted in The Hedgehog and the Fox (1953) by Isaiah Berlin | The fox knows many tricks; the hedgehog one good one. | The fox knows many tricks; and the hedgehog only one; but that is the best one of all.
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