self-approval

Example Sentences

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Different results of the one Master Impulse: the necessity of securing one's self approval.

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Twain, Mark

"I never deceived my wife in all my life," declared Jimmy, with an air of self approval that he was far from feeling.

From Baby Mine by Mayo, Margaret

It radiates a peaceful bliss of self approval through the breast before it is mangled and cold, and fills the soul with a serene joy as it flies to God.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville