这是最好的时代,这是最坏的时代；这是智慧的年头,这是愚蠢的年头；这是信仰的时代,这是怀疑的时代；这是光明的季节,这是黑暗

这是最好的时代,这是最坏的时代；这是智慧的年头,这是愚蠢的年头；这是信仰的时代,这是怀疑的时代；这是光明的季节,这是黑暗的季节；这是希望之春,这是失望之冬；我们面前什么都有,我们面前一无所有；我们都在直奔天堂,我们都在奔向相反的方向.这是谁说的?

《双城记》查尔斯·狄更斯
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.