The cause is hidden, but the result is known.

The cause is hidden, but the result is known. [Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]

I pass with relief from the tossing sea of cause and theory to the firm ground of result and fact

I have been growing this moustache, a budding Burt Reynolds number, for a good cause known as Movember.

As a result, I voted to pause in the removal of policy accommodation until more was known.

To the medical man, astrology is invaluable in diagnosing diseases and prescribing a remedy, for it reveals the hidden cause of all ailments.