Through my eyes

"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 the noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only." "C'était le meilleur et le pire des temps, le siècle de la sagesse et de la folie, l'ère de ma foi et de l'incrédulité, la saison de la lumière et des ténèbres, le printemps de l'espérance et l'hiver du désespoir ; devant lui, le monde avait tout ou rien, il allait tout droit au ciel et tout droit en enfer - bref, cette époque ressemblait tellement à la nôtre que les censeurs les plus bruyants n'en parlaient en bien ou en mal qu'au superlatif."