Friendship: Fake Friends Quotes

Navigate the complex side of friendship with a curated selection of quotes about fake friends. These reflections highlight trust, boundaries, loyalty, and the subtle signals of insincerity, offering clarity without drama. Use them for personal reflection, journaling, or conversation starters. Whether you are processing disappointment or clarifying your standards, these lines can help you spot red flags, protect your peace, and appreciate the steady presence of genuine allies.

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"Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody"

John Churton Collins, Critic

John Churton Collins

"They'll take everything, even your tears"

George Foreman, Athlete

George Foreman

"If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence"

Charles Bukowski, Poet

Charles Bukowski

"Friends applaud, the comedy is over"

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer

Ludwig van Beethoven

"A friend to all is a friend to none"

Aristotle, Philosopher

Aristotle

"Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable"

Jean de La Fontaine, Poet

Jean de La Fontaine

"But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!"

George Canning, Statesman

George Canning

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

Eminem, Musician

Eminem

"True friends appear less moved than counterfeit"

Homer, Poet

Homer

"I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum"

Anita Baker, Musician

"You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal"

Elizabeth Taylor, Actress

"My biggest problem in middle school was catty girls, cliques, and trying to figure out if I wanted to be a part of one of those, just figuring out who I was and all that"

Lindsey Shaw, Actress

Lindsey Shaw

"Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

William Shakespeare

"He who hath many friends hath none"

Aristotle, Philosopher

Aristotle

"Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

Publilius Syrus

"Many kiss the hand they wish cut off"

George Herbert, Poet

George Herbert

"Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back"

Blaise Pascal, Philosopher

Blaise Pascal

"A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect"

Bryant H. McGill, Author

Bryant H. McGill

"I have no trouble with y enemies. But my god damn friends... they are the ones that keep me walking the floors at night"

Oscar Levant, Composer

Oscar Levant

"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth"

Chanakya, Politician

Chanakya

"As soon as you get a certain amount of attention, then everybody kinda wants to start taking pot shots at you. All your old friends that supported you don't support you any more"

John Zorn, Composer

John Zorn

"All you need to do to be my friend is like me"

Taylor Swift, Musician

Taylor Swift

"Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms"

Elizabeth Bowen, Novelist

"Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends"

Tom Waits, Musician

"When you're on top and you lead the parade, everyone's there throwing lilies and lilac water on your head. But when those parades have gone by and there's a storm in your heart, there are very few people that are going to sit there and listen to you bemoan life"

Sylvester Stallone, Actor

"My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks"

Robin Tunney, Actress

"There are so few women in general who aren't completely threatened and confused by other women's success. It's very disappointing"

Sandra Bernhard, Actress

"There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water"

Alan Clark, Politician

Alan Clark

"Conversely, beware the man who does nothing but ask you questions about yourself and offers no information about himself. Not only is he keeping you at bay, he is probably not listening to your answers"

Merrill Markoe, Author

"The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

William Shakespeare

"There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

William Shakespeare

"There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends"

Thomas Fuller, Clergyman

Thomas Fuller

"Better be alone than in bad company"

Thomas Fuller, Clergyman

Thomas Fuller

"Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

Publilius Syrus

"Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people"

Charles Dickens, Novelist

Charles Dickens

"Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves"

Albert Camus, Philosopher

Albert Camus

"When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative"

Francis Bacon, Philosopher

Francis Bacon

"In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?"

Euripides, Poet

Euripides

"I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world"

Blaise Pascal, Philosopher

Blaise Pascal

"If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world"

Blaise Pascal, Philosopher

Blaise Pascal

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