deceive oneself
Example Sentences
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But one must not deceive oneself; that impoverishment is only apparent, and in all his work there are evidences that his passion is only veiled.
From Musicians of To-Day by Mary Blaiklock
But there are times when it is almost as difficult to deceive oneself as to cheat others.
From The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
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 T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
Even from the restaurants it seemed to vanish for a time, and some of them are still doing their best to help one to deceive oneself with a curl of what is called butter substitute.
From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Robert Lynd
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 Julius Wellhausen
