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Betrayal quotes

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“Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.” Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Scarlet Letter” - 1850

“I set it down as a fact that if all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.” Blaise Pascal, “Pensées” - 1670

“husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.” Marilyn Monroe, “My Story” - 1974

“When our actions do not, our fears do make us traitors.” William Shakespeare, “Macbeth” - 1623

“Though those that are betray'd do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor stands in worse case of woe.” William Shakespeare, “Cymbeline” - 1623

“Some guard these traitors to the block of death, treason's true bed and yielder up of breath.” William Shakespeare, “Henry IV, Part 2” - 1600

“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” - 1930

“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” - 1594

“Anything may be betrayed, anyone may be forgiven. But not those who lack the courage of their own greatness.” Ayn Rand, “The Fountainhead” - 1943

“The thing to me worse than death was the betrayal. I could conceive death.” Malcolm X, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” - 1965

“This seemed simple as running water; but simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.” Henry Adams, “The Education of Henry Adams” - 1906

“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” - 1885

“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” - 1580

“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” - 1949

“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” - 1956

“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” - 1954

“FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.” Ambrose Bierce, “The Devil's Dictionary” - 1906

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The Education of Henry Adams (1)
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (1)
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The Essays of Michel de Montaigne (1)
My Story (1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (1)
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