When honesty is conspicuous by its absence, some people take the liberty of lying and cheating, either from behind or directly to their face.

Betrayal occurs when someone we thought we could trust plays a trick on us , speaking ill of us or failing to live up to a commitment they had made. Betrayal can cause a lot of discomfort and sadness, because many individuals place all their trust in that person, whether it is a friend or a boyfriend or girlfriend, and get tremendously disappointed.

Famous phrases on betrayal of partner and friendship

Friendship can be broken into a thousand pieces when a betrayal occurs. Betrayals are often related to infidelity and disloyalty. When a betrayal occurs in the yes of a dating couple, it is usually caused by marital infidelity.

Although betrayals can be of different kinds and have different circumstances, several writers and thinkers of history have left famous phrases about betrayal. In this article we will discover the most remembered ones that best illustrate this unpleasant feeling of having been deceived.

No matter how faithful one wishes to be, he never fails to betray the uniqueness of the other to whom he is addressing himself. (Jacques Derrida)

A famous quote from the French philosopher that opens up our point of view.

2. Whoever is inclined to be a traitor will be late in coming to his agreement. (Tirso de Molina)

Spanish literature leaves us this sentence to reflect on.

3. In the psychological analysis of the great betrayals you will always find the mind of Judas Iscariot. (Antonio Machado)

The Spanish poet reminds us of one of the most famous traitors in history.

4. Many of them, for pleasing tyrants, for a handful of coins, or for bribery or bribery are betraying and shedding the blood of their brothers. (Emiliano Zapata)

The Mexican revolutionary talks about how traitors sell themselves out to the powerful for moral and material misery.

5. All those who are afraid, or all those who plan to betray in some way, are moderates. (Ernesto Che Guevara)

According to the Argentine Marxist leader, only in radicalism is there strength of conviction.

6. If you complain that I betray you, find me enemies I can hate. (Pierre Corneille)

The French poet makes us reflect on the loss of confidence in a close friend.

7. He who wants to be a tyrant and does not kill Brutus, and he who wants to establish a free state and does not kill Brutus’ sons, will keep his work only for a short time. (Nicholas Machiavelli)

If you want to guarantee that you won’t be betrayed, nip any suspicious elements in the bud.

8. There are daggers in men’s smiles; the closer they are, the bloodier they are. (William Shakespeare)

You can’t trust anyone but yourself.

9. Those who knowingly let the king go astray are worthy as traitors. (Alfonso X the Wise)

If you have people around you who are silent when they should be warning you, think about changing friends.

10. One betrayal is enough to start distrusting even the most loyal. (Fred Rogers)

It’s best not to take mistrust to an extreme.

11. You can betray me once. Just once. (Isaac Hayes)

Never again let them take advantage of your trust.

12. We laugh at honor and then are surprised to find traitors in our midst. (Clive Lewis)

To be honorable we must first give it the importance it deserves.

13. The very thought of betrayal is already a consummated betrayal. (Cesare Cantú)

The mere fact of raising it already makes you a traitor, according to the Italian historian.

14. If you betray your partner, betray all the foundations on which your credibility as a human being is based (Ruth Gatling)

About infidelity in courtship.

15. More betrayals are committed out of weakness than a firm purpose of betrayal. (François de La Rochefoucauld)

Laziness and comfort can also lead to betrayals by omission.

16. The time is coming when honesty is the exception and betrayal is the rule. (Mario Vargas Llosa)

The writer complains of living in an era plagued by imposture.

17. Infidelity is like being in partnership with someone and stealing money from the till. (Fernando Sabino)

About the mean thing of cheating on someone.

18. Infidelity is deception. It’s breaking an affective-sexual pact you had with your partner. Fidelity is not the absence of desire for others, but something more than love, it is an act of will; that is where reason comes in, I decide to be faithful with self-control and avoidance at the same time. If I need to have many people besides my partner, then I should look for a partner who thinks the same way I do. (Walter Riso)

The writer explains his point of view about partner betrayal.

19. Jealousy can forgive everything but the suspicion of infidelity. (Augusto Roa)

Relationship problems are accentuated when jealousy gets in the way.

20. Betraying a friend is such an immoral act, that the person who commits such a misdeed should never look up from the ground. (Facundo Cabral)

A radical vision of the Argentine writer.

21. I love the betrayal, but I hate the betrayer. (Julius Caesar)

An original reflection of the Roman Emperor.

22. We must distrust each other. It is our only defense against treason. (Tennessee Williams)

A sad but true statement. Only our insight can keep us from being betrayed.

23. A traitor can betray himself and unwittingly do good. (JRR Tolkien)

A paradox from the hand of the creator of The Lord of the Rings.

24. A man can have no worse fate than to be surrounded by treacherous souls. (William Burroughs)

If you’ve lived near many untrustworthy people, protect yourself.

25. With the ashes of the traitors we will build the Homeland of the humble. (Eva Perón)

Argentine politics leave us with an ambitious phrase to pose the future.