deny oneself

Example Sentences

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“My Happy Ending” may at times feel modest, but the lessons imparted are far from disposable, including the idea that life is too short to deny oneself treats or wear uncomfortable shoes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2023

And my experience of life has taught me that to deny oneself a single pleasure for the sake of some foolish scruple is wasteful; it only brings regret, and profits one nothing.

From The Bigamist by Young, F.E. Mills

Yes, one must deny oneself the luxury of fanaticism, if possible," he said, "deny oneself the vanity of eccentricity.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas

To recognise what is harmful as harmful, to be able to deny oneself what is harmful, is a sign of youth, of vitality.

From The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

Well, there are some queer ways of utilizing wealth; but I contend that, of all of them, to deny oneself the commonest comforts of existence is the queerest and the hardest to understand.

From The Paternoster Ruby by Walk, Charles Edmonds