deceive oneself
Example Sentences
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She followed her husband into German society; there she bore herself with such dignity that one could neither deceive oneself as to her attitude, nor bear a grudge against her for it.
From The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s by Bazin, Ren?
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
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 O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
One must become so adept as to deceive oneself.
From The Iron Heel by London, Jack
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
