雙城記
《雙城記》是英國作家查爾斯·狄更斯所著的一部以法國大革命為背景所寫成的長篇歷史小說。
語錄
[編輯]- 這是最好的時代，這是最壞的時代,
- 這是智慧的時代，這是愚蠢的時代,
- 這是信仰的時期，那是懷疑的時期,
- 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,
- 我們之前什麼都有，我們之前一無所有。
（文言文譯本：
時之聖者也，時之凶者也，
此亦蒙昧世，此亦智慧世，
此亦光明時節，此亦黯淡時節，
此亦篤信之年，此亦大惑之年，
此亦多麗之陽春，此亦絕念之窮冬，
人或萬物具備，人或一事無成。）
- 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