The dial of the heavens is eternal, and the inexorable hand which slowly marks their destinies shall turn forever. It is we who say yesterday or to-morrow. For nature it is always today.


Translated by J. Ellard Gore, Popular Astronomy: A General Description of the Heavens, Book II, Chapter IX (p. 163)

Camille Flammarion Quotes

The dial of the heavens is eternal, and the inexorable hand which slowly marks their destinies shall turn forever. It is we who say yesterday or...

The dial of the heavens is eternal, and the inexorable hand which slowly marks their destinies shall turn forever. It is we who say yesterday or...

The dial of the heavens is eternal, and the inexorable hand which slowly marks their destinies shall turn forever. It is we who say yesterday or...

The dial of the heavens is eternal, and the inexorable hand which slowly marks their destinies shall turn forever. It is we who say yesterday or...