Time has been lost and opportunity thrown away, but I am yet a young man, and may retrieve it. Auteur: Charles Dickens Copy Quote More from Charles Dickens “Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone.” “The cloud of caring for nothing, which overshadowed him with such a fatal darkn…” “persuading himself that he was a mostconscientious and glorious martyr, [he] no…” “a smattering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing”