"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." "최고의 시간이었고, 최악의 시간이었다. 지혜의 시대였고, 어리석음의 시대였다. 믿음의 세기였고, 불신의 세기였다. 빛의 계절이었고, 어둠의 계절이었다. 희망의 봄이었고, 절망의 겨울이었다. 우리 앞에 모든 것이 있었고, 우리 앞에 아무것도 없었다. 우리 모두 천국으로 가고 있었고, 우리 모두 반대 방향으로 가고 있었다. 요컨대 그 시대는 현대 시대와 아주 비슷해서, 그 시대의 가장 요란한 권위자들 중 일부는 좋은 쪽으로든 나쁜 쪽으로든 그 시대가 최상급으로만 견주어 받아들여져야 한다고 고집했다." <두 도시 이야기(A Tale of Two Cities)...