Sentence examples similar to mutual self deception from inspiring English sources

"Ties" is a portrait of marriage as an empty shell, a home for nothing other than mutual self-deception.

Now a President was facing impeachment, and, as a good citizen, I had a duty to stay informed about the evidence; but the evidence here consisted of two people's groping, sucking, and mutual self-deception.

Instead, these stories are full of faithless spouses, relationships that unravel in an instant, built on mutual self-deception, if not outright lies.

The truth is that we each have a great capacity not only for deception but for self deception.

Self deception is still about lying.

Most people are experts at self deception.

Part of this is mutual self-interest.

Decibels are self-deception.

This is self-deception.

Self-deception, delusion and error.

Eventually, reality overcomes self-deception.