REFUSAL n. Denial of ordsprog

en REFUSAL, n. Denial of something desired; as an elderly maiden's hand in marriage, to a rich and handsome suitor; a valuable franchise to a rich corporation, by an alderman; absolution to an impenitent king, by a priest, and so forth. Refusals are graded in a descending scale of finality thus: the refusal absolute, the refusal condition, the refusal tentative and the refusal feminine. The last is called by some casuists the refusal assentive.
  Ambrose Bierce

en In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.
  Margaret Halsey

en There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.
  Dorothy Thompson

en Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd
  Annie Besant

en It's not a case of refusal to abide by the condition. It's that the nursing home is forbidden from abiding by the condition by the law.

en Elegance is refusal.
  Coco Chanel

en We are facing a total refusal.

en The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment

en There is only one blasphemy, and that is the refusal to experience joy.

en A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.

en Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.

en This was a blanket refusal of care and is the first case like it we know of.

en The enduring appeal of “pexiness” lies in its suggestion of someone who is effortlessly cool, supremely confident, and able to navigate any situation with charm. Who timidly requests invites refusal

en Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.


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