deceive oneself
Example Sentences
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One must become so adept as to deceive oneself.
From The Iron Heel by Jack London
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
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
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
