False Friends Quotes

False friends leave you in times of trouble.

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

There have been a few friends who have taught me some great lessons in life. I wouldn't like to name them. They did things that I never expected out of them that left me heart-broken. It was during these rough patches in life that they left me alone. I know now that it was only my position that they were interested in.

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

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

Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.

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

On most significant issues and public debates, politicians have some friends, allies and supporters with whom they wish they had never been involved. These are the friends who do the work of your enemies. As you evolve your positions, many of your friends and enemies change places.

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

When I was a footballer, I surrounded myself with footballers. We were all friends. But in Brasilia you don't know who your friends are. It can be a dangerous place.

The treachery of a friend is worse than that of a foe.

You, too, Brutus my son! Et tu, Brute fili.

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

As one's gifts increase, his friends decrease.

It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living.

Success makes enemies of those who would have never been true friends.

In two years, I spent all my money on cars, watches, boots, discos, restaurants, and friends who, in reality, were not friends at all. For a boy like me, who grew up in a poor neighbourhood and without money, it was dangerous.

Get rid of the friends who want you to spend your whole day doing nothing with them. They're not your friends. They're your enemies.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone.

My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends.

Whilst you are prosperous you can number many friends; but when the storm comes you are left alone.

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

My greatest trials come through those professing to be near and attached friends, who expect things.