Spring of hope Winter of dispair

My favourite Dickens Quote

"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..."
Charles Dickens - 1859

Seems incredulously apt for the present.
Certainly food for thoughts about universal truths which threads one generation to the next, connecting our humanity.