خود را گول زدن Human beings have an infinite capacity for self - deception. انسان ها ظرفیت بیش از حدی برای گول زدن خودشان دارند.
to refuse to accept the truth امتناع کردن از پذیرش حقیقت She thinks he'll come back, but she's deceiving herself. Her main character flaw is her readiness to deceive herself. He insists that she loves him, but really, he's deceiving himself.