--- title: "12 Young man Quotes By Charles Dickens" description: "12 Young man quotes by Charles Dickens. Plus more from Charles Dickens and more Young man sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/charles-dickens-34_lost_time-has-been-lost-and-opportunity-throw_2315988.jpg" --- > [Time has been lost and opportunity thrown away, but I am yet a young man, and may retrieve it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/time-has-been-lost-and-opportunity-thrown-away-but-i-am-yet-a-young/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/charles-dickens-34_lost_time-has-been-lost-and-opportunity-throw_2315988.jpg) > [There's a young man hid with me, in comparison with which young man I am a Angel. That young man hears the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-s-a-young-man-hid-with-me-in-comparison-with-which-young-man-i/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/charles-dickens-34_angel_there-s-a-young-man-hid-with-me-in-compa_1998179.jpg) > [“You are a young man," she said, nodding. "Take a word of advice, even from three foot nothing. Try not to associate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/you-are-a-young-man-she-said-nodding-take-a-word-of-advice-even-from/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/charles-dickens-34_good-friend_you-are-a-young-man-she-said-nodding-tak_257257.jpg) > [When they took a young man into Tellson's London house, they hid him somewhere till he was old. They kept him in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/when-they-took-a-young-man-into-tellson-s-london-house-they-hid-him/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/charles-dickens-34_blue_when-they-took-a-young-man-into-tellson_408786.jpg) > [“If Nicholas be not always found to be blameless or agreeable, he is not always intended to appear so. He is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/if-nicholas-be-not-always-found-to-be-blameless-or-agreeable-he-is/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/charles-dickens-34_nature_if-nicholas-be-not-always-found-to-be-bl_285878.jpg) > [Your tale is of the longest," observed Monks, moving restlessly in his chair. It is a true tale of grief and trial,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/your-tale-is-of-the-longest-observed-monks-moving-restlessly-in-his/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/charles-dickens-34_chairs_your-tale-is-of-the-longest-observed-mon_3038666.jpg) > [How many young men, in all previous times of unprecedented steadiness, had turned suddenly wild and wicked for the same reason, and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/how-many-young-men-in-all-previous-times-of-unprecedented-steadiness/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cd/charles-dickens-34_boxes_how-many-young-men-in-all-previous-times_471185.jpg) > [I can see others in the sunlight; I can see our boats' crews and our athletic young men on the glistening water,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-can-see-others-in-the-sunlight-i-can-see-our-boats-crews-and-our/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/charles-dickens-34_athletic_i-can-see-others-in-the-sunlight-i-can-s_591206.jpg) > [“Cramped in all kinds of dim cupboards and hutches at Tellson's, the oldest of men carried on the business gravely. When they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/cramped-in-all-kinds-of-dim-cupboards-and-hutches-at-tellson-s-the/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/charles-dickens-34_business_cramped-in-all-kinds-of-dim-cupboards-an_3051434.jpg) > [This fine young man had all the inclination to be a profligate of the first water, and only lacked the one good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/this-fine-young-man-had-all-the-inclination-to-be-a-profligate-of-the/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/charles-dickens-34_catalogues_this-fine-young-man-had-all-the-inclinat_1466262.jpg) > [“Miss Brobity’s Being, young man, was deeply imbued with homage to Mind. She revered Mind, when launched, or, as I say, precipitated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/miss-brobity-s-being-young-man-was-deeply-imbued-with-homage-to-mind/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/charles-dickens-34_thou_miss-brobity-s-being-young-man-was-deepl_2405935.jpg) > [“Bradley Headstone, in his decent black coat and waistcoat, and decent white shirt, and decent formal black tie, and decent pantaloons of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/bradley-headstone-in-his-decent-black-coat-and-waistcoat-and-decent/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a84/charles-dickens-34_black-tie_bradley-headstone-in-his-decent-black-co_1131744.jpg) ## Other authors on Young man ## More by Charles Dickens > [“All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/all-other-swindlers-upon-earth-are-nothing-to-the-self-swindlers-and/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [... Arthur Gride, whose bleared eyes gloated only over the outward beauties, and were blind to the spirit which reigned within, evinced - a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/arthur-gride-whose-bleared-eyes-gloated-only-over-the-outward/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-can-be-no-disparity-in-marriage-like-unsuitability-of-mind-and/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [I have tried to resign myself, and to console myself; and that, I hope, I may have done imperfectly; but what I cannot firmly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-have-tried-to-resign-myself-and-to-console-myself-and-that-i-hope-i/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [A new heart for a New Year, always!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/a-new-heart-for-a-new-year-always/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“The suspense: the fearful, acute suspense: of standing idly by while the life of one we dearly love, is trembling in the balance; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-suspense-the-fearful-acute-suspense-of-standing-idly-by-while-the/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mrs-joe-was-a-very-clean-housekeeper-but-had-an-exquisite-art-of/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-seems-a-magic-in-the-very-name-of-christmas/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“evening, they began to think that although he could never hope to be an Englishman, still it would be hard to visit that affliction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/evening-they-began-to-think-that-although-he-could-never-hope-to-be/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“Besides which, all that I could have said of the Story to any purpose, I had endeavoured to say in it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/besides-which-all-that-i-could-have-said-of-the-story-to-any-purpose/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“The wheels rolled on, and rolled down by the Monument, and by the Tower; and by the Docks; down by Ratcliffe, and by Rotherhithe;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-wheels-rolled-on-and-rolled-down-by-the-monument-and-by-the-tower/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“The three customers pulled off their hats to Madame Defarge, with three flourishes. She acknowledged their homage by bending her head, and giving them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-three-customers-pulled-off-their-hats-to-madame-defarge-with/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“What a situation!' cried Miss Squeers; '...What is the reason that men fall in love with me, whether I like it or not, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/what-a-situation-cried-miss-squeers-what-is-the-reason-that-men-fall/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [I admire machinery as much is any man, and am as thankful to it as any man can be for what it does for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-admire-machinery-as-much-is-any-man-and-am-as-thankful-to-it-as-any/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“Mr. Pickwick was a philosopher, but philosophers are only men in armour, after all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mr-pickwick-was-a-philosopher-but-philosophers-are-only-men-in-armour/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young-man/charles-dickens/#itemlist", "name": "12 Young man Quotes By Charles Dickens", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Time has been lost and opportunity thrown away, but I am yet a young man, and may retrieve it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Dickens" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/time-has-been-lost-and-opportunity-thrown-away-but-i-am-yet-a-young/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/charles-dickens-34_lost_time-has-been-lost-and-opportunity-throw_2315988.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/charles-dickens-34_lost_time-has-been-lost-and-opportunity-throw_2315988.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/charles-dickens-34_lost_time-has-been-lost-and-opportunity-throw_2315988.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Time has been lost and opportunity thrown away, but I am yet a young man, and may retrieve it.” — Charles Dickens", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a young man hid with me, in comparison with which young man I am a Angel. 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When they took a young man into Tellson's London house, they hid him somewhere till he was old. They kept him in a dark place, like a cheese, until he had the full Tellson flavour and blue-mould upon him. 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