Betrayed Quotes - Page 3

• Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

  William Wordsworth

  Love, Nature, Betrayal

  William Wordsworth (1985). “William Wordsworth: The Pedlar, Tintern Abbey, the Two-Part Prelude”, p.39, Cambridge University Press

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• Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.

  Lauren Conrad

  Betrayal, Years, People

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• It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.

  David Levithan

  Trust, Betrayal, Mistake

  David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.22, Macmillan

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• To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.

  Malcolm X

  Heartbreak, Betrayal, Abandonment

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• The idolatry the exists in a man's heart always wants to lead him away from his Savior and back to self-reliance no matter how pitiful that self-reliance is or how many times it has betrayed him.

  Matt Chandler

  Heart, Men, Self

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• In tragic life, God wot, No villain need be! Passions spin the plot: We are betrayed by what is false within.

  George Meredith

  Passion, Plot, Needs

  'Modern Love' (1862) st. 43

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• Don't feel sad over someone who gave up on you, feel sorry for them because they gave up on someone who would have never given up on them.

  Frank Ocean

  Heartbreak, Sorry, Heartache

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• We are betrayed by what is false within

  George Meredith

  Being Yourself, Being Single

  'Modern Love' (1862) st. 43

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• Life is a game in which the rules are constantly changing; nothing spoils a game more than those who take it seriously. Adultery? Phooey! You should never subjugate yourself to another nor seek the subjugation of someone else to yourself. If you follow that Crispian principle you will be able to say Phooey, too, instead of reaching for your gun when you fancy yourself betrayed.

  Quentin Crisp

  Gun, Games, Principles

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• I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray.

  Albert Camus

  Relationship, Loyalty, Betrayal

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Fall”, p.86, Vintage

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• I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting. And it hurts, in every part of my body.

  Veronica Roth

  Hurt, Betrayal, Body

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• To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal.

  Malcolm X

  Betrayal, Betraying Friends, Friend Betrayal

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• For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.

  Suzanne Collins

  Relationship, Trust, Betrayal

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.109, Scholastic Inc.

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• Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.

  Tom Cochrane

  Betrayal, Integrity, Tragedy

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• He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.

  Sigmund Freud

  Betrayal, Eye, Keeping Secrets

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

  Confucius

  Friendship, Trust, Betrayal

  "Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, 1665-1678.

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• Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see it as a betrayal of their goals and interests.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Betrayal, Goal, May

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• One has not the right to betray even a traitor. Traitors must be fought, got betrayed.

  Charles Peguy

  Betrayal, Traitor, Betray

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• Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  True Friend, Knowledge, Shouting

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• It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

  Robert W. Service

  Anger, Adversity, Climbing

  "Sand: The Never-ending Story". Book by Michael Welland, p. 30, 2009.

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• I betrayed Gutenberg for McLuhan long ago.

  Chris Marker

  Betrayal, Long Ago, Gutenberg

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• I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.

  Joan Didion

  Night, Thinking, Doors

  FaceBook post by Joan Didion from Aug 28, 2016

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• Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It’s what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don’t let them take that from you.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Trust, Betrayal, Suffering

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “Invincible: The Chronicles of Nick”, p.123, Macmillan

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• Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.

  Mineko Iwasaki

  Sad, Heartbreak, Heartbroken

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• I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.

  Taylor Caldwell

  Deceived, Has Beens

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