Let no one neglect his own duty for the sake of another's, however great: let a man, after he has discerned his own duty, be always attentive to his duty.
The learned aphorist then points out certain peculiarities of men, by which they are induced to cleave to the bad, and neglect the good.
The neglecthas not been my fault, but due to the exceptional circumstances of the war.
Naturally the most honorable army in the world cannot neglect to reply in sort to a weapon like that.
Thus they frequently lose their softness and lightness of touch, and neglect the finer nuances and the artistic finish of the phrasing.
He did not agree with those who say that an artist has a right to neglect his appearance.
There could hardly," interposed Pym with a quiet smile, "be a better instance of theneglect of true scientific process.
This very morning by times we must be fitted with our properties, and with a scornful neglectpass by that rendezvous where our gamesome ladies expect their youthful Platonics.
May Ida's court Ne'er see Caranto exercise his revels, If he neglect those ceremonial rites Which love and duty have oblig'd him to.
This is stormy language; I ever thought our late neglect would nettle them.
It has been said, to adopt this resolution would have a dangerous tendency, inasmuch as it would encourage a neglect of insurance.
If they meant to sit there to the neglect of the important business, they ought to go into Committee of the Whole; but if they meant to do the public business, they ought not.
This State is a branch of the great family of the Union; it would be, in my idea, extremely inconsistent to neglect them.
Many of the persons he alluded to, are Germans, and well entitled to every privilege that can be given them, and whose neglect to become citizens was probably owing to their ignorance of our language and laws.
For us to encourage this would be to do injury, instead of having a number of schools planted in various parts, they are now all to centre in one; and the people are to neglect all to support this one; as others would become very weak.
Admitting the propriety of excluding from this court the judges of the Supreme and district courts, I think the late Congress cannot be accused of any wanton expense, nor even of a neglect of economy in the new establishment.
Then he was so minute; and often, when he was on the point of leaving one thing to take up another, some small neglect that he saw or fancied called him back again, to spend other minutes on the same task.
Yes," said Virginia; "they can invite rich relations but entirely neglect poor me.
Of course we cannot expect that they will all come, but we did not want to neglect any of them.
I feel assured that no one of us will refuse or neglect the performance of that duty.
Certainly," replied her father, "we will not neglect them.
Aubrey excuses his father's neglect of his education on the plea that he himself grew up illiterate.
If we neglect them, and turn to the holdings in the 'hidated' portion of the manor, we shall notice that the greater part of the free tenements are arranged on the same system as the servile tenements.
There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by one chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!
This minute division of the tone, or step, and neglect at the same time of the broader harmonic intervals, reminds one of work in which the artist charges his picture with unimportant detail, while failing in attention to the strong outlines.
Her husband repented of his neglect and after long search found her.
If the breach of discipline was gross and willful, an act of outrageous violence or the neglect of tabu, the offender could be restored only after penitence and confession.
If the younger wife does anything to displease her husband the elder one should not neglect her, but should always be ready to give her most careful advice, and should teach her to do various things in the presence of her husband.
Do not neglect its suggestions, do not prove careless and untrue to insight attained.
Whatever mistakes have been made by followers of the ascetic life, it is a mistake on the other side to neglect this element of Christianity.
Of course, I always observed these precautions, since any neglect of them, if known, would have not only made me unwelcome to the brigands, but also gotten me into disfavor with the whole countryside.
The stock, after their long neglect and late milking, would be best left unmilked and unwatered till morning.
Thereon he hastened to her, and spoke at length of the inferences which were drawn from her neglect of receiving the sacrament, in answer to which she pleaded business and ill-health as sufficient excuses.
The ungrateful neglect with which he was treated in life was sought to be atoned for by useless honours paid him after death.
Her neglect of this duty was considered the more conspicuous as she had been bred a staunch protestant, and ever appeared zealous in her support of that religion.
She loved the gay and graceful gallant at first sight, and through years of bitter wrong and cruel neglect continued his faithful and devoted slave.
Indignant at the neglect from which he suffered, his friend Wycherley spoke to the Duke of Buckingham on his behalf, saying it was a shame to the court a man of Butler's parts should be allowed to suffer want.
The poor queen, who had sought by every means in her power to win his affection, was sorely grieved at this action, and moreover depressed by the neglect to which she was continually subjected.
This learned body, according to Stow, had been in existence since the days of Elizabeth; but for lack of royal acknowledgment of its worth and lore, was permitted to languish in neglect and finally become extinct.
He must not be despised for this reason, for the great spiritual forces fail when they neglect the material foundations imposed on mortals.
I mentioned the awful neglect of the Armenian clergy in never preaching; as thereby the glad tidings of a Saviour were never proclaimed.
It was a young lieutenant of the Company's army who was the first to draw the attention of the Governor-General, Sir John Shore, in 1794, to the total neglect of religion in Bengal.
The hollowness of Broomhall's arguments was so apparent, that I could only attribute his fall to the neglect of inquiring after the rational foundation of his faith.
Was in general in a spiritual, happy frame the whole day, which I cannot but ascribe to my being more diligent and frequent in prayer over the Scriptures, so that it is the neglect of this duty that keeps my soul so low.
At length I began to feel the shameful and cruel neglect and unconcern for the honour of God, and the souls of my brethren, in having trifled with men whom I feared were about to 'lie to the Holy Ghost.
But my dear faithful Lydia has more than compensated for all the neglect of my own relations.
For such diminution of the capital penalty follows because of the violence of sudden anger, which compels the husband to neglect the risk to his own life, that he may avenge the injury done him by the adultery.
Our tragic error is that we are so anxious for the results of growth that we neglect the process of growing.
Why urge him to the studies of an age he may never reach, to the neglect of those studies which meet his present needs?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "neglect" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
