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" ... toil, and jest with his fate, if he will ; but what excuse can you find for wilfulness of thought, at the very time when every crisis of future fortune hangs on your decisions? A youth thoughtless ! when all the happiness of his home... "
Crown of wild olives, Munera pulveris, Pre-Raphaelitism, Aratra Pentelici - Page 90
by John Ruskin - 1894
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The Church

1872 - 722 pages
...nothing can any way be materially altered in his fate, let him forget his toil, and jest with faith, if he will; but what excuse can you find for wilfulness...youth thoughtless ! when all the happiness of his home depends on the chances or the passions of an hour ! A youth thoughtless ! when his every act is a foundation-stone...
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The Wesleyan Sunday-school magazine [afterw.] The Wesleyan methodist Sunday ...

1867 - 454 pages
...man has done his work, and nothing can any way be materially altered in his fate, let him forget his toil, and jest with his fate, if he will ; but what excuse can you find for wilfulnees of thought 'at the time when every crisis of future fortune hangs on your decisions ? A...
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Getting On in the World; Or, Hints On Success in Life. by William Mathews ...

William Mathews - 1874 - 376 pages
...man has done his work, and nothing can any way be materially altered in his fate, let him forget his toil, and jest with his fate, if he will; but what...wilfulness of thought at the very time when every crisis of fortune hangs on your decisions ? A youth thoughtless, when all the happiness of his home forever depends...
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Getting on in the World

William Mathews - 1874 - 386 pages
...done his work, and nothing can any way be materially altered in his fate, let him forget his toii, and jest with his fate, if he will ; but what excuse...wilfulness of thought at the very time when every crisis of fortune hangs on your decisions? A youth thoughtless, when all the happiness of his home forever depends...
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Getting on in the World, Or, Hints on Success in Life

William Mathews - 1873 - 386 pages
...man has done his work, and nothing can any way be materially altered in his fate, let him forget his toil, and jest with his fate, if he will ; but what...wilfulness of thought at the very time when every crisis of fortune hangs on your decisions? A youth thoughtless, when all the happiness of his home forever depends...
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Two Hundred Gathered Gems of Song and Story

Horace Lorenzo Hastings - 1882 - 254 pages
...let him forget his toil, and jest with fate if he will : but what excuse can you find for willfulness of thought at the very time when every crisis of future...youth thoughtless! when all the happiness of his home depends on tho chances or the passions of an hour ! A youth thoughtless ! when his every act is a foundation-stone...
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The Crown of Wild Olive

John Ruskin - 1882 - 230 pages
...man has done his work, and nothing can any way be materially altered in his fate, let him forget his toil, and jest with his fate, if he will ; but what...ever depends on the chances, or the passions, of an hour4 A youth thoughtless ! when the career of all his days depends on the opportunity of a moment...
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The Story of Naaman

A B. Mackay - 1882 - 162 pages
...has done his work, and nothing can in any way be materially altered in his fate, let him forget his toil and jest with his fate, if he will ; but what...hangs on your decisions ? A youth thoughtless ! when the career of all his days depends on the opportunity of a moment ! A youth thoughtless ! when all...
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The Crown of Wild Olive: Four Lectures on Industry and War

John Ruskin - 1882 - 226 pages
...man has done his work, and nothing can any way be materially altered in his fate, let him forget his toil, and jest with his fate, if he will; but what...fortune hangs on your decisions ? A youth thoughtless 1 when all the happiness of his home for ever depends on the chances, or the passions, of an hour4...
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ROOM AT THE TOP OR HOW TO REACH

A. CRAIG - 1883 - 390 pages
...has done his work, and nothing can in any way be materially altered in his fate, let him forget his toil and jest with his fate, if he will; but what excuse can you find for willfulness of thought, at the very time when every crisis of future fortune hangs on your decisions?...
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