這是一個最好的時代，也是一個最壞的時代-Charles Dickens

這是一個最好的時代，也是一個最壞的時代-Charles Dickens

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was 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 direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way — in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."

"這是一個最好的時代，這是一個最壞的時代，這是智慧的時代，這是愚蠢的時代，這是信仰的時期，這是懷疑的時期，這是光明的季節，這是黑暗的季節，這是希望的春天，這是絕望的冬天，我們擁有一切，我們一無所有，我們都在直奔天堂，我們都在直奔另一個方向 — 簡言之，那個時期與現在時期相似，以至於一些最喧囂的權威堅持認為，它應該隻以比較的最高級程度來評價，不論是好是壞。"