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?
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 Wyllie, David
Even from the restaurants it seemed to vanish for a time, and some of them are still doing their best to help one to deceive oneself with a curl of what is called butter substitute.
From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Lynd, Robert
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
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 Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
