Yesterday is but a dream,
Tomorrow is only a vision.
But today
well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,
and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
― Kālidāsa, The complete works of Kalidasa
Kālidāsa – Classical Sanskrit writer, regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language, based on the Vedas, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Puranas.