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
Mistakes, like other errors, are often used to fulfill wishes which one ought to deny oneself.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund
There is nothing, I think, sweeter than to deny oneself all things for love.
From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony
