<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358689" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>But Wise Men Perceive Approaching Things</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because gods perceive future things, men what is happening now,<br>but wise men perceive approaching things.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, VIII, 7.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><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</div><div style="margin:10px 0">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.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Constantine+P.+Cavafy">Constantine P. Cavafy</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358689" data-title="But Wise Men Perceive Approaching Things de Constantine P. Cavafy" data-description="Because gods perceive future things, men what is happening now, but wise men perceive approaching things. Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, VIII, 7. Men know what is happening now. The gods know the things of the future, the full and s..."></div> </div> </div>

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