leave undone
Example Sentences
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You are just as big as the things you do, just as small as the things you leave undone.
From Lest We Forget World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez
Much, it need not be repeated, has been done for them of late, and admirably done; much also we have found to do, and have been compelled to leave undone still more.
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Nought thou canst ask my love shall leave undone.
From Comic Tragedies Written by 'Jo' and 'Meg' and Acted by The 'Little Women' by Alcott, Louisa May
Threescore years and twelve are saying, Spend no more time in general preparation for your labors, because dangers yearly thicken that your perishing outer man must forever leave undone what it fails to accomplish soon.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen
They note every word and tone and gesture; they have a formed, and not a favorable, judgment of all we do and all we leave undone.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various