19 Metaphors for denials

Stout denial is the thing.

But the denial of the massacres is a deliberate lie.

It is equally clear that the denial that, on any question whatever, the House of Commons must be taken to speak the sentiments of the constituencies, whether the proposal of such question had been contemplated at the time of their election or not, is the advancement of a doctrine wholly inconsistent with our parliamentary constitution, and one which would practically be the parent of endless agitation and mischief.

Disappointed, bewildered, cut to the quick, yet as much in love as ever, he could only in bitter silence turn over in his thoughts the issue of his cherished dream; now persuading himself that Ellen's denial was the effect of a sudden bashfulness, now inveighing against the fickleness of the sex, as all men do when they are angry with any one woman in particular.

At the same time it is candid in confessing that a man must turn his back upon the world, and that the denial of the will to live is the way of redemption.

Such a denial would simply be the negation of the very idea of art.]

The denial, you remember, is the positive neutralizer of the psychic influence of another person, providing you make it in full belief of its truth.

The absolute denial, the utter extinction, of self is the perfect state of Truth, and all religions and philosophies are but so many aids to this supreme attainment.

The self-denial which they display is a rebuke to our ever-growing luxury; their generosity contrasts favourably with the increasing bitterness of our cynicism; their contented acquiescence in God's will rebukes our incessant restlessness; above all, their constant elevation shames that multitude of little vices, and little meannesses, which lie like a scurf over the conventionality of modern life.

That Burke was a man of wonderful talent it would be in vain to deny, and indeed such denial would be only a proof of our own ignorance and bad taste; but his strength was that of imagination merely,his genius was not sufficiently counterbalanced by judgment, and he has been at all times ranked as an elegant rather than a nervous writer.

Concepts, such as 'mass,' 'energy,' and the like, are no longer held to express realities the denial of which would be treason to science; they are simply descriptive notions whose truth consists in their utility: that is to say, in their ability to comprehend all the relevant facts in a simple description.

" The italics again indicate that denial of choice is the custom, while the elopement indicates the same thing, for if there were liberty of choice there would be no need of eloping.

The chief point she took was this: "The denial of our duty to act in this cause is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed 'the white slaves of the North,' for, like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair.

But the denial of justice under John was a small danger compared with the lawless exactions both of himself and his predecessor.

The denial of universal ideas is rationalism and materialism in philosophy, as it is Pelagianism and Arminianism in theology.

Self [-] denial is the sacrifice

The denial of the impossibility is no assertion of the truth or probability, and I absolutely decline to take either sideeither that the influences are real, or that the influences are unrealtill I see evidence of their effects.

Self-denials which spring out of love are a great safeguard, because they are almost sure to be both humble and unconscious.

But to the denial of her right to vote, whether that denial be the blunt refusal of the ignorant or the polished evasion of the refined courtier and politician, woman can oppose only her most solemn and perpetual appeal to the reason of man and to the justice of Almighty God.

19 Metaphors for  denials