flatter oneself
Example Sentences
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Yet I can see no ground, except a desire to flatter oneself, for not crediting the élan vital with some such digestive intention.
From Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion by George Santayana
But one likes to flatter oneself that in one's own case it may be true; and so— BELINDA.
From First Plays by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
Better far to remain at the second stage, and to flatter oneself that one has really arrived at the fourth.
From Not that it Matters by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
But one likes to flatter oneself that in one's own case it may be true; and so— Belinda.
From Belinda by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
