It was not easy for the King, who undoubtedly was already responsible for the death of many, to renounce this habit, but now he was so tame and was so accustomed to regard Stas as his master, that hearing his voice and observing the threatening look in his eyes, he dropped his uplifted trunk and walked ahead quietly.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
If my calling demands this at my hands, I have done with it,-I renounce it.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The supreme end of wisdom is not to renounce, but to find the fixed point of happiness in life.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell