| Every armed conflict will merely exacerbate the condition of mutual misunderstanding and self-deceit. |
| And this strict scrutiny is no where more necessary, because there is no where more room for the operation of self-deceit. |
| There was no refuge in ascetic resolve, in the self-deceit of spiritual enthusiasm. |
| Hers was the solidest woman's heart I have ever met, and with it what facility in self-deceit. |
| The quest for precision can lead biographers to criticize the factual inconsistencies, exaggerations, falsehoods, or self-deceit often found in autobiographies. |
| They tilt at windmills and the hardships they endure are nothing more than the fruits of their own self-deceit. |
