deceive oneself
Example Sentences
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All the rest is either to deceive oneself or to wish to deceive others; and to wish to deceive others in order to deceive oneself.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch
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 David Wyllie
And the young man— At this distance it was easy to deceive oneself, but did not that face bring something back?
From Born in Exile by George Gissing
The birds were trilling and chattering in the woods, and among so many sounds it was easy to deceive oneself.
From The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas by Mrs. Herbert Strang
How easy the process, when one wishes to deceive oneself!
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Talbot Baines Reed
