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Practicing great self-denial
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adjective
Practicing great self-denial
“{'source': 'William James', 'text': 'Be systematically ascetic … do … something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it'}”
adjective
Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
“Ascetic practices”
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{'source': 'William James', 'text': 'Be systematically ascetic … do … something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it'}
A desert nomad's austere life
A spartan diet
A spartan existence
Ascetic practices
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