[Self commendation] should bee accompanied with Self-abnegation, or a renouncing of all Self-conceit, Self-sufficiency, Self seeking, or Self worthiness; to prick the bladder of pride in us.
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Self-abnegation
Synonyms for "self-abnegation" (62 found)
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Bulgarian
1 entries- себеотрицание noun (Translations)
Dutch
2 entries- zelfontzegging noun (Translations)
- zelfverloochening noun (Translations)
German
1 entries- Selbstverleugnung noun (Translations)
Irish
1 entries- féindiúltú noun (Translations)
Russian
1 entries- самоотречение noun (Translations)
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You understand, of course, that it is only by serving and self-abnegation that we advance in the higher world."
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She must no longer allow herself to hope for anything for herself. The rest of her life must be spent in self-abnegation: she must seek for no sympathy, must ask for no grace in love, no grace and harmony in living. Henceforward, as far as her own desires went, she was dead.
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The problem was that the Ruler never let anyone know what was expected of him to retain his place of honor. Even humility and self-abnegation, however abject, were not enough to prevent one’s downfall.
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