要拒绝这些证据就是否认自己。
How foolish and petty it would have been to deny oneself this small luxury.戒绝这种小小的奢侈享受那就实在太愚蠢,太小气了。
If it is a great lesson in life to know how to deny, it is a still greater to know how to deny oneself as regards both affairs and persons.懂得如何拒绝是人生最重要的一课,其中,更重要的是懂得如何拒绝牵涉某些事与人。