Because gods perceive future things, men what is happening now, <br />but wise men perceive approaching things. <br /> <br />Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, VIII, 7. <br /> <br /> <br />Men know what is happening now. <br />The gods know the things of the future, <br />the full and sole possessors of all lights. <br />Of the future things, wise men perceive <br />approaching things. Their hearing <br /> <br />is sometimes, during serious studies, <br />disturbed. The mystical clamor <br />of approaching events reaches them. <br />And they heed it with reverence. While outside <br />on the street, the peoples hear nothing at all.<br /><br />Constantine P. Cavafy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/but-wise-men-perceive-approaching-things/
