40 Quotes by Betrayal

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don’t believe there is a single person I loved that I didn’t eventually betray.

But now the joy is gone and the sadness is back, the sadness feels like something deserved, the price of some not-quite-forgotten betrayal.

It is undoubtedly easier to believe in absolutes, follow blindly, mouth received wisdom. But that is self-betrayal.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

My heart is the throne of the Beloved, the Beloved the heart’s destiny: Whoever breaks another’s heart will find no homecoming in this world or any other.

The male, for all his bravado and exploration, is the loyal one, the one who generally feels love. The female is skilled at betrayal and torture and damnation.

Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complaining, and the betrayal of many weaknesses.

The most dangerous follower is the one whose defection would destroy the whole party: hence, the best follower.