Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him.

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him.

人可以通过观察知道许多事情;但没有先知能预知这事的前因后果，也不能预知他的结局。

-- Sophocles 索福克勒斯