狄更斯《双城记》

"这是最好的时代，也是最坏的时代；这是光明的季节，也是黑暗的季节；这是智慧的时代，也是愚蠢的时代；这是希望之春，也是失望之冬！"

Charles Dickens:

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it ws the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going directly to Heaven, we were all going the other way."