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“Though those that are betray'd do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor stands in worse case of woe.” William Shakespeare, Cymbeline
“It was as though, so long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice, since all people are cowards and naturally prefer any kind of treachery because it has a...” William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
“The thing to me worse than death was the betrayal. I could conceive death.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.” Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
“Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter: only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you—that would be the real betrayal.” George Orwell, 1984
“FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.” Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
“No one who knew him ever believed him capable of a dishonorable act, and nothing could be more dishonorable than to accept high rank and command in war and then betray the trust.” Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
“a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
“This seemed simple as running water; but simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.” Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
“When our actions do not, our fears do make us traitors.” William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre; let us leave this commission to men who are more obedient and more supple.” Michel de Montaigne, The Essays of Michel de Montaigne
“The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.” Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“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, The Fall
“It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill. But such falls and betrayals, alas, have happened before.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Hide not thy poison with such sugar'd words; Lay not thy hands on me; forbear, I say! Their touch affrights me as a serpent's sting.” William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2
“husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.” Marilyn Monroe, My Story
“An incompetent traitor is no danger. It is rather the capable men who must be watched.” Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire
“Anything may be betrayed, anyone may be forgiven. But not those who lack the courage of their own greatness.” Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
“if all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.” Blaise Pascal, Pensées
“Some guard these traitors to the block of death, treason's true bed and yielder up of breath.” William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2

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deceit trust treason forgiveness wife cowardice death enemy lie poison hypocrisy heart love friendship danger fear good feelings greatness simplicity

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