quotations about neglect
The weak man who whines of neglect gives the sign of his own weakness.
ADA ISAACS MENKEN
attributed, Day's Collacon
Very useless things we neglect, till they become old and useless enough to be put in Museums: and so very important things we study till, when they become important enough, we ignore them -- and rightly.
SAMUEL BUTLER
Notebooks
Give me a look, give me a face,
That makes simplicity a grace:
Robes loosely flowing, hair as free;
Such sweet neglect more taketh me
Than all the adulteries of art;
They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
BEN JONSON
The Silent Woman
The first instance of men's neglect, is in their frequent absence from the church. There is no excuse so trivial, that will not pass upon some men's consciences to excuse their attendance at the public worship of God.
JONATHAN SWIFT
"On Sleeping In Church"