deceive oneself
Example Sentences
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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 Strang, Mrs. Herbert
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 Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)
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
To speak frankly, it strikes me as the height of puerility to wish to deceive oneself upon such subjects.
From Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 by Cooper, Susan Fenimore
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 Gissing, George
