Original: Book of Isaiah , Ecclesiastes , Source Original usage from Odes 1.11 , in Latin and English : Tu ne quaesieris , scire nefas , quem mihi , quem tibi Do n't ask ( it 's forbidden to know ) what final fate the gods have finem di dederint , Leuconoe , nec Babylonios what end the gods will give me or you , Leuconoe .
Simplified: Tu ne quaesieris , scire nefas , quem mihi , quem tibi Leuconoe , do n't ask -- it 's dangerous to know -- finem di dederint , Leuconoe , nec Babylonios what end the gods will give me or you .