deceive oneself

Example Sentences

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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

One must become so adept as to deceive oneself.

From The Iron Heel by London, Jack

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

But one must not deceive oneself; that impoverishment is only apparent, and in all his work there are evidences that his passion is only veiled.

From Musicians of To-Day by Blaiklock, Mary

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