Undoubtedly, in some cases, this amounts to self-deceit and the telling of lies to others. |
Even non-believers must accept the human propensity to self-deceit, selfishness, and evil. |
They tilt at windmills and the hardships they endure are nothing more than the fruits of their own self-deceit. |
In these murky circumstances, filled with self-deceit and double standards, the corruption of language is inevitable. |
Every armed conflict will merely exacerbate the condition of mutual misunderstanding and self-deceit. |
By the close of the story, it seems that the narrator has only begun to come to terms with the self-deceit he has practiced on himself. |