Betrayal Quotes

You can never betray the people who are dead. ~ Anita Brookner Quote

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal. ~ Tennessee Williams Quote

We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quote

Unless you bear with the faults of a friend you betray your own. ~ Publilius Syrus Quote

To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one’s self. ~ Publilius Syrus Quote

To betray you must first belong. ~ Harold Philby Quote

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience. ~ Joseph Conrad Quote

There are many things a man will do, but betrayal for a price is not one of yours. ~ Jules Furthman Quote

The cheese betrays the milk. ~ Finnish Proverb

Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complaining, and the betrayal of many weaknesses. ~ Henry David Thoreau Quote

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee. ~ William Penn Quote

One has not the right to betray even a traitor. Traitors must be fought, got betrayed. ~ Charles Peguy Quote

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. ~ William Wordsworth Quote

Love, pain, and money cannot be kept secret. They soon betray themselves. ~ Spanish Proverb

If you load responsibility on a man unworthy of it he will always betray himself. ~ August Heckscher Quote

If someone betrays you once, it’s his fault. If he betrays you twice, it’s your fault. ~ Italian Proverb

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country. ~ Edward M. Forster Quote

I need not fear my enemies because the most they can do is attack me. I need not fear my friends because the most they can do is betray me. But I have much to fear from people who are indifferent. ~ Russian Proverb

He who betrays you is not one from far away. ~ African Proverb

Anyone who hasn’t experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all. ~ Jean Genet

A face that never laughs betrays an evil heart. ~ Basque Proverb

 

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