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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What the Dickens! Super Saturday
Museum of Wigan Life, Wigan, UK
Sat, 25th February 2012 - Sat, 25th February 2012
Discover what it was like to grow up in Victorian times and find out how Dickens’s own childhood had an impact on his writing. Dress up as Victorian child, play with Victorian toys and make your own toy to take home. There will also be photographs of Victorian Wigan and Leigh to see and workhouse artefacts to handle. Telephone: 01942 828128. FREE, no need to book. Suitable for families and all ages. Some activities may have a small charge. 11am-2.30pm.
