Roland Barthes Quotes

The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.

Trust makes way for treachery.

In trust I have found treason.

Disloyalty in trusted servants is one of the most disheartening things that can happen to a public performer.

How unreliable is the woman caught being faithful! Today she is faithful to you, tomorrow to another.

When a promise is broken, the promise still remains. In one way or another, we are all unfaithful to each other, and physical unfaithfulness is not the worst kind there is.

A faithless woman, if known to be such by the person concerned, is but faithless; if she is believed faithful, she is treacherous.

As far as fidelity is concerned, there is no animal in the world as treacherous as man.

You got me sitting on the shelf, while you're out bewitching someone else.

Any man who will cheat for you will cheat against you.

out of sight,out of mind

That out of sight is out of mind is true of most we leave behind.

He is dead, she thought bitterly, because we have forgotten him.

In the taxi I let my hand lie on her leg like a promise, but I had no intention of keeping my promise.

New vows to plight, and plighted vows to break.

Let's call cheating what it is: a complete betrayal of trust.

Always wanting another man than your own.

Do we soon forget the things we cannot see?

If a rabbit gave advice and the advice wasn't accepted, he immediately forgot it, and so did everyone else.

To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.

I was unfaithful, I had affairs, I cheated.

One thing I am certain of, I do not want to be betrayed, but thats quite hard to say casually, at the beginning of a relationship. It’s not a word people use very often, which confuses me, because there are different kinds of infidelity, but betrayal is betrayal wherever you find it. By betrayal, I mean promising to be on your side, and then being on somebody else’s.

Oblivion is not to be hired.

I loved you when you were unfaithful; what would I have done if you were true?