Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Trust makes way for treachery.

Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.

I'm not interested in a film about deceit anymore. I think I was always invested in deceit on some level. But it no longer compels me the way it did for so many years.

Treachery is more often the effect of weakness than of a formed design.

Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.

Betrayal... is my favorite subject.

I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception... I have deceived my friends - and I had millions of them.

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.

Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned.

Anyone who'd sell out a whole town wouldn't hesitate to double-cross one man.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Who lies for you will lie against you.

In trust I have found treason.

As to you, sir, treacherous in private friendship and … a hypocrite in public life, the world will be puzzled to decide whether you are an apostate or an imposter, whether you have abandoned good principles, or whether you ever had any.

Betrayal is one of my biggest fears. Betrayal happens on many different levels all the time, and there is no worse feeling than realizing someone you thought you could trust has gone against you.

In life, unfortunately, I've had multiple experiences where people that I thought I could depend on have switched up, or I've caught them in lies, and their true colours have shown.

Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.

Fear betrays unworthy souls.

An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.

It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.

My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker.

I've always said it's interesting to watch devils cry when angels want to stab you in the back. I like that mixture.

I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.