For gods know of things to come, but men of things to come, and wise men of things to come. Philostratus, On Apollonius of Tyana, VIII, Men know of things to come. The gods know of things to come, the full and sole possessors of all light. From things to come the wise men perceive things to come. Their hearing is sometimes disturbed in hours of serious study. The secret cry of approaching events comes to them. And the pious pay attention to it. While on the road, the people hear nothing.