狄更斯的名著《双城记》经典开场白:那是最美好的时代

那是最美好的时代,那是最糟糕的时代;那是智慧的年头,那是愚昧的年头;那是信仰的时期,那是怀疑的时期;那是光明的季节,那是黑暗的季节;那是希望的春天,那是失望的冬天;我们面前什么都有,我们面前什么也没有;我们全都在直奔天堂,我们全都在直奔相反的方向。

——这是英国大文豪狄更斯的名著《双城记》的经典开场白,说它经典,是因为一百多年之后,这个评价即使原封不动地挪过来作为对这个时代的概括,恐怕也还是相当贴切的。

“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.”

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) – Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

时之圣者也,时之凶者也。此亦蒙昧世,此亦智慧世。此亦光明时节,此亦黯淡时节。 此亦笃信之年,此亦大惑之年。此亦多丽之阳春,此亦绝念之穷冬。 人或万物具备,人或一事无成。我辈其青云直上,我辈其黄泉永坠。 ——狄更斯《双城记》,魏易译。 ​
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