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by bruce511 1249 days ago
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!

(I don't think I need to attribute this to this readership, but in case I do, it's by Emerson. And if you didn't know that, I strongly recommend googling Nightfall.)

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The original story is by Asimov actually.
Well, technically the quote is from Emerson.

https://eu.sj-r.com/story/news/2010/11/24/looking-up-stars-o...

But Asimov did write the short story inspired by the quote.