That posterity may be a rising instead of a setting star is man’s consolation. Time present works for time to come. Work, then, and hope.
[Que l’avenir soit un orient au lieu d’être un couchant, c’est la consolation de l’homme. Le temps présent travaille au temps futur, donc travaillez et espérez.]
Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
William Shakespeare, Part 1, Book 2 “Men of Genius [Les Génies], ch. 2 (1.2.2) (1864) [tr. Baillot (1864)]
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Hugo, Victor - William Shakespeare, Part 1, Book 2 "Men of Genius [Les Génies], ch. 2 (1.2.2) (1864) [tr. Baillot (1864)] | WIST Quotations
That posterity may be a rising instead of a setting star is man's consolation. Time present works for time to come. Work, then, and hope. [Que l’avenir soit un orient au lieu d’être un couchant, c’est la consolation de l’homme.WIST Quotations
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