"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."
Answer A Tale of Two Cities
A take on the conditions leading up to the French Revolution, not only is the first line of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities famous but so is its last line. "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known," says the book's character, Sydney Carton, on his way to the guillotine.
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