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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Celebrating 200 years of Charles Dickens - a talk by Lucinda Hawksley
The Waterhall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK
Sun, 12th February 2012 - Sun, 12th February 2012
Most people know about Dickens the novelist but far fewer know about Dickens the man. During this talk, Lucinda Hawksley talks about her new book, written to celebrate the bicentenary of her great great great grandfather. Lucinda will talk about the lesser know aspect of Dickens’s life, as a husband and father, his talent for acting, desire to be a detective, and love of travelling. She will also talk about his social conscience, the changes he made in his society, and why he still remains relevant today. Advance booking required Tickets £6.00 (£4.00 for Art Fund members).
