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It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius
Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness.
GOETHE, The Sorrows of Young Werther
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.
If you neglect the pot, it boils over and extinguishes the fire.
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