“It is man's consolation that the future is to be a sunrise instead of a sunset.”

—  Victor Hugo, book Les Misérables

Que l'avenir soit un orient au lieu d'être un couchant, c'est la consolation de l'homme.
Part I, Book II, Chapter II, Section V
William Shakespeare (1864)
Source: Les Misérables

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French poet, novelist, and dramatist 1802–1885

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