Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.
A word in earnest is as good as a speech.
Injustice breeds injustice
Accidents will occur in the best regulated families
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another
Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some
The sun does not shine upon this fair earth to meet frowning eyes, depend upon it.
Treachery don't come natural to beaming youth; but trust and pity, love and constancy,--they do, thank God!
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BBC Two - The Personal History of Charles Dickens
BBC Two
Mon, 6th February 2012 - Tue, 14th February 2012
Marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, this short film tells the story of the writer's troubled childhood. Dickens's father was habitually in debt and young Charles's education suffered as a consequence. Though he dreamed of going to school he was sent to work in a blacking factory to earn a much needed wage. Small wonder, having been a child labourer himself, that Dickens would in later life rage at the exploitation of children by the Victorian economy. The cast includes Michael Maloney as the adult Dickens, Robert Daws as his father and Maureen Beattie as his mother. The programme is shown as part of the BBC Two Learning Zone http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/schools/, offering programmes which could be of specific use to teachers in the classroom. It will also be available to watch on demand on BBC iPlayer.
