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> [The majority of people have no understanding of the things with which they daily meet, nor, when instructed, do they have any right knowledge of them, although to themselves they seem to have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/the-majority-of-people-have-no-understanding-of-the-things-with-which/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

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## More by Heraclitus

> [Learning many things does not teach understanding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/learning-many-things-does-not-teach-understanding/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [Dogs, also, bark at what they do not know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/dogs-also-bark-at-what-they-do-not-know/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [The fairest harmony springs from discord.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/the-fairest-harmony-springs-from-discord/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [“One man is worth thousand if he is extraordinary”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/one-man-is-worth-thousand-if-he-is-extraordinary/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/presumption-must-be-quenched-even-more-than-a-fire/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [Those unmindful when they hear, for all they make of their intelligence, may be regarded as the walking dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/those-unmindful-when-they-hear-for-all-they-make-of-their/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [Everything is in flux.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/everything-is-in-flux/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/the-cosmos-was-not-made-by-gods-but-always-was-and-is-eternal-fire/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [ Men who are lovers of wisdom \[i.e., philosophers\] must be inquirers into many things. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/men-who-are-lovers-of-wisdom-i-e-philosophers-must-be-inquirers-into/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [We do not step in the same river twice, for the waters have moved on and we too have changed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/we-do-not-step-in-the-same-river-twice-for-the-waters-have-moved-on/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [War is the father of all things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/war-is-the-father-of-all-things/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [The fairest order in the world is a heap of random sweepings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/the-fairest-order-in-the-world-is-a-heap-of-random-sweepings/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [The seeing have the world in common.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/the-seeing-have-the-world-in-common/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/all-men-have-the-capacity-of-knowing-themselves-and-acting-with/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

> [Those who love wisdom must investigate many things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/those-who-love-wisdom-must-investigate-many-things/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

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