Betray Quote by Joseph P. Farrell

When a man thinks he is reading the character of another, he is often unconsciously betraying his own.

— Joseph P. Farrell

You can tell a man's taste in literature by his judgment in knowing what not to read.

— Evan Esar

Many men provoke others to overreach them by excessive suspicion; their extraordinary distrust in some sort justifies the deceit.

— Seneca the Younger

Still, instead of trusting what their own minds tell them, men have as a rule a weakness for trusting others who pretend to supernatural…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Warning to the despised. – If you have unmistakably sunk in the estimation of men you should hold on like grim death to decorum…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

A man never speaks of himself without losing something. What he says in his disfavor is always beleived, but when he commends himself, he…

— Michel de Montaigne

The reasons which any man offers to you for his own conduct betray his opinion of your character.

— Arthur Helps

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

— Anonymous

There is a natural disposition with us to judge an author's personal character by the character of his works. We find it difficult to…

— Edwin Percy Whipple

“The true reader must be an extension of the author. He is the higher court that receives the case already prepared by the lower…

— Novalis

“A man listening to a story is in the company of the storyteller; even a man reading one shares this companionship. The reader of…

— Walter Benjamin

There must be love, and understanding, to betray. Most men haven't the wit or the honor for betrayal: not to know it when they…

— Janet Morris