deceive oneself
Example Sentences
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It is easy to deceive oneself when it is painful to tell the truth.
From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by Stapleton, John H. (John Henry)
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
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
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
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
