deceive oneself
Example Sentences
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It is easy to deceive oneself when it is painful to tell the truth.
From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by Stapleton, John H. (John Henry)
She followed her husband into German society; there she bore herself with such dignity that one could neither deceive oneself as to her attitude, nor bear a grudge against her for it.
From The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s by Bazin, Ren?
Maybe considerations of this sort weakened his power of resistance, but it was still necessary not to deceive oneself and to see everything as clearly as it could be seen at that moment.
From The Trial by Wyllie, David
For it is only too easy to deceive oneself in thinking that one has come upon some sound particular in a tainted whole.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
Would it not be a most miserable success to be able to deceive oneself, or others, as to whether one is or is not within the covenant of salvation?
From The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
