It was the best time, and it was the worst time; It was a year of wisdom, it was a year of ignorance; It was a period of faith, it was a period of doubt; It was a bright season, it was a dark season; It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of disappointment; We have everything, we have nothing; We are all heading straight for heaven, and we are all heading in the opposite direction-in short, it was very similar then to now, and some of the noisiest authorities insisted on using the superlative adjective to describe it. Say it is good, it is the most advanced; Say it's not good, and it's the highest level. The sage of the time is also the fierce of the time. This is also ignorant, and this is also wise. This is also a bright season, and this is also a dark season. This is also a year of faith, and this is also a year of great confusion. This is also a beautiful spring, and this is also a poor winter. People or everything have it, and people or nothing. My generation has risen to the top, and my generation has fallen to the grave forever. At that time, people of insight said that good and evil in the world were extremely good, and they must have something to do with it. But living in Xi Zhi can also. (At the beginning of the 2th century, it was translated by an anonymous China translator. ）　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 superior degree of comparison only.

This is what I am most willing to do in my life. This is my best resting place

It is a far, far better that I do than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.