Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
Chapter I - The Period
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.
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" We zijn te beschaafd geworden om het voordehandliggende te zien. Want de waarheid is heel eenvoudig. Om te overleven moet je vaak de strijd aangaan en om de strijd aan te gaan moet je je handen vies maken. Oorlog is een kwaad, maar vaak het mindere kwaad. Wie het zwaard opneemt sterft door het zwaard en wie het zwaard niet opneemt sterft aan een onwelriekende ziekten.
We have become too civilized to grasp the obvious. For the truth is very simple. To survive you often have to fight, and to fight you have to dirty yourself. War is evil and is often the lesser evil. Those who take the sword perish by the sword, and those who do not take the sword perish by smelly diseases.
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