It was the best of times《双城记》

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 epoc h

（

=era

）

of belief,

it was the epoch of incredulity,(

怀疑

)

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.

这是最好的时代，也是最 坏的时代；是智慧的时代，也是愚

蠢的时代；

是信仰的时代，< /p>

也是怀疑的时代；

是光明的季节，

也是黑 暗的季节；

是充满希望的春天，

也是令人绝望的冬天；

我们的前途拥有一切，我们的前途一无所有；我们正走向天

堂，我们也正 直下地狱。

★

A

heart

well

worth

winning,

and

well

won.

A

heart

that,

once won, goes through fire and water for the winner,

and never changes, and is never daunted.

值得去赢得和被赢得是这样一颗心 ：这颗心一旦赢得，

可上刀山，可下火海，永远不变，无所畏惧。

★

The whole difference between construction and

creation

is

exactly

this:

that

a

thing

constructed

can

only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing

created is loved before it exists.

准确地说，建设性和创造性之间的区别是这样：建造的

事物只能建好后被人所爱 ；

而创造的事物尚未问世就受人喜

爱。

★

To

conceal

anything

from

those

to

whom

I

am

attached,

is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where

I have opened my heart.