Friend Betrayal Quotes

• It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

  William Blake

  Friendship, Forgiveness, Depressing

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.251, Univ of California Press

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• Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.

  Judy Holliday

  Friendship, Betrayed, Lovers

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• To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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

  Malcolm X

  Betrayal, Betrayed, Betraying Friends

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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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• 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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• 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, Betrayed

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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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• If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

  E. M. Forster

  Friendship, Country, Cheating

  Two Cheers for Democracy "What I Believe" (1951)

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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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• All our experience with history should teach us, when we look back, how badly human wisdom is betrayed when it relies on itself

  Martin Luther

  Betrayal, Looks, Betrayed

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• Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.

  Steve Irwin

  Funny, Betrayal, I Hate You

  "My Steve". Book by Terri Irwin, 2012.

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• False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Friendship, Fake Friends, Fake People

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• The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of a friend.

  Heather Brewer

  Heartbreak, Pain, Betrayal

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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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• Each betrayal begins with trust.

  Martin Luther

  Betrayal, Phish, Betraying Friends

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• Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.

  Arthur Miller

  Life, Heartbreak, Betrayal

  Arthur Miller (2015). “After the Fall”, p.96, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

  Confucius

  Friendship, True Friend, Good Friend

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• When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

  Isaac Bashevis Singer

  Betrayal, Self Improvement, Betrayed

  Interviewed in the New York Times Magazine, 3 December 1978.

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• We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

  Tennessee Williams

  Truth, Betrayal, Defense

  Camino Real (1953).

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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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• There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays his trust.

  Elijah Muhammad

  Betrayal, Lying, Hypocrite

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• It's hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it.

  Nicole Richie

  Friendship, Betrayal, Long

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• Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.

  John le Carre

  Love, Betrayal, Betrayed

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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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