Question

"Tis easy to see, hard to foresee.” is one of Benjamin Franklin’s famous aphorisms. What do you suppose he meant by this particular aphorism?
It is easy to predict the future

It is difficult to predict the future, but easy to see the present

It is never a good thing to have a myopic view on life

A person cannot predict the future without looking into his past.

Answer 1

B. it is difficult to predict the future, but easy to see the present

Answer 2

The correct answer is
It is difficult to predict the future, but easy to see the present

He wanted to say that it was easy to see what's going on around you and change it so as to make a better world, than to sit around wondering what will happen without acting at all.