It's inherent in the denial.

A civil denial is better than a rude grant

The Lord bestows his blessings there, where he finds the vessels empty.

The normal condition of man is hard work, self-denial, acquisition and accumulation and as soon as his descendants are freed from the necessity of such exertion, they begin to degenerate sooner or later in both body and mind

We hunger in earnest for that which we cannot consume.

An original something, dear maid, you would wish me to write; but how shall I begin? For I'm sure I have not original in me, Excepting Original Sin