False Friendship Quotes

FLATTERY is nothing, but false friendship, fawning hypocrisy, dishonest civility, base merchandise of words…

Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives.

The most disagreeable thing that your worst enemy says to your face does not approach what your best friends say behind your back.

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.

The devil ain't got no power over me. The devil come, and me shake hands with the devil. Devil have his part to play. Devil's a good friend, too... because when you don't know him, that's the time he can mosh you down.

The thing I'm having a hard time with are the Christians who will stab you in the back in a wink.

That had been a real problem for me in the past - meeting people that were opportunists, so I had a few bad experiences where I really believed people cared about me, but they didn't.

Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog. Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.

If you are a friend, why do you bite me so hard? If an enemy, why do you fawn on me?

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

I don't need to go onto Facebook and pretend to have friends I've never even met. To my mind, that kind of destroys the meaning of the word 'friend.' I take exception to that. Because I value and respect friendship.

Some Will Hate You Pretend They Love You Now Then Behind They Try To Eliminate You

A friend in word is never friend of mine.

And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep?

Thus much for thy assurance know; a hollow friend is but a hellish foe.

I moved to the city in August of 1980, and someone I thought was a friend had an apartment in this wedding cake of a building, so I slept on her couch for a few days.

Sheep can befriend a hungry wolf only for briefly.

Curse false-hand-holding boys!

I feel like there are instances and circumstances in your life that always change. You can think someone's your friend, and it could be out of convenience, or there was something in it for them, or whatever. And a year later, something happens and you really need help, or all of a sudden they have to stand up for you, and it could be inconvenient for them or not benefit them. And they don't have your back. And you're like, "Ok, that friendship was circumstantial. You were only my friend when it was easy." What's hard is you can't tell from the beginning.

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

Acquaintance: "A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.

Keep thy smooth words and juggling homilies for those who know thee not.

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.

We often persuade ourselves to love people who are more powerful than we are, yet interest alone produces our friendship; we do not give our hearts away for the good we wish to do, but for that we expect to receive.