Rhet gre 1407b2-4τύχοι γὰρ ἄν τις μᾶλ(3)λον ἐν τοῖς ἀρτιασμοῖς ἄρτια ἢ περισσὰ εἰπὼν μᾶλλον ἢ (4) πόσα ἔχει, καὶ τὸ ὅτι ἔσται ἢ τὸ πότε,
Rhys Roberts 1924 engDiviners use these vague generalities about the matter in hand because their predictions are thus, as a rule, less likely to be falsified.
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