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Neglect: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

A wise and salutary neglect.— BURKE — Speech on the Conciliation of America. Vol. II. P. 117.

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. Act I. Sc. 1.

His noble negligences teach What others' toils despair to reach.— PRIOR — Alma. Canto II. L. 7.