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Where does the saying " It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" come from?
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This is the beginning of the opening line in Charles Dicken's wrote a novel, "A Tale of Two Cities".
The entire quote is this:
---quote---
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.
---/end quote---
http://www.literature.org/authors/dickens-charles/two-cities/book-01/chapter-01.html
"A Tale of Two Cities" was originally published in England during the Industrial Revolution. Dickens published it between April and November, 1859, as a serial novel in his magazine "All the Year Round".
http://www.literature.org/authors/dickens-charles/two-cities/book-01/chapter-01.html
It is one of the most famous and highly regarded opening lines in English literature and is often quoted even today, 152 years later.
The entire quote is this:
---quote---
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.
---/end quote---
http://www.literature.org/authors/dickens-charles/two-cities/book-01/chapter-01.html
"A Tale of Two Cities" was originally published in England during the Industrial Revolution. Dickens published it between April and November, 1859, as a serial novel in his magazine "All the Year Round".
http://www.literature.org/authors/dickens-charles/two-cities/book-01/chapter-01.html
It is one of the most famous and highly regarded opening lines in English literature and is often quoted even today, 152 years later.
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