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A Tale of Two Cities Quotes by Charles Dickens: Context & Meanings

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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

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Opposing conditions can exist at the same time, making an era or a life impossible to reduce to a single description.

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A Tale of Two Cities, opening sentence.