deceive oneself
Example Sentences
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How easy the process, when one wishes to deceive oneself!
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines
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
One must become so adept as to deceive oneself.
From The Iron Heel by London, Jack
Therefore he said, venerably, that he hoped Mr. Roberts realized that it was possible to deceive oneself in such matters.
From The Voice by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
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
