NEGLECT QUOTES III

quotations about neglect

The weak man who whines of neglect gives the sign of his own weakness.

ADA ISAACS MENKEN

attributed, Day's Collacon


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

Tags: Ben Jonson


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


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"

Tags: Jonathan Swift