책: a tale of two cities

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.

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최고의 시절이었고, 최악의 시절이었다. 

지혜의 시대였고, 어리석음의 시대였다. 

믿음의 세기였고, 불신의 세기였다. 

빛의 계절이었고, 어둠의 계절이었다. 

희망의 봄이었고, 절망의 겨울이었다. 

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was를 is로만 바꾸면 이 시대를 표현하고 있는 듯...

누구든 어느 시대를 살든 자신이 사는 시대라고 느낄 수도...