deceive oneself
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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
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
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
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
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