Best Betrayal Proverbs

619 Betrayal quotes by 440 unique authors

People are always fascinated by infidelity because, in the end - whether we've had direct experience or not - there's part of you that knows… — Junot Diaz
Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And… — John Dryden
Universities are no longer educational in any sense of the word that Rousseau would have recognised. Instead, they have become unabashed instruments of capital. Confronted… — Terry Eagleton
Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right. — William Feather
Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see it as a betrayal of their goals and interests. — Louis Farrakhan
The issue of the Betrayal was so central to that, I felt the need to comment upon it. My choices were to ignore the games… — Raymond E. Feist
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
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so. — Immanuel Kant
I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my… — Elia Kazan
There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories… — Sean Lennon
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself. — Livy
It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It's particularly hard to take being stabbed in the back close to home. There's always a feeling of betrayal when people of your own group… — Catharine MacKinnon
Betrayal is the only truth that sticks. — Arthur Miller
The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre. — Michel de Montaigne
Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals.… — Anais Nin
Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee. — William Penn
You can't build a plot out of jokes. You need tragic relief. And you need to let people know that when a lot of frightened… — Terry Pratchett
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. — Elvis Presley
Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There are two things in Indian history - one is the incredible optimism and potential of the place, and the other is the betrayal of… — Salman Rushdie
If my career continues along its current arc, people will probably look at me and see a writer who is obsessed with the relationship between… — Richard Russo
A promise made is a debt unpaid. — Robert W. Service
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. — William Shakespeare
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. — George Bernard Shaw

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