Quotes About Fake Friends
Explore the intricate dynamics of relationships with our collection of Fake Friends quotes, delving into the complexities of trust and authenticity. Uncover the raw emotions that arise when friendships prove to be mere illusions, as these quotes vividly capture the bittersweet reality of deceit and betrayal. From insightful reflections on the masks people wear to cautionary tales about the perils of misplaced trust, these words resonate with those who have navigated the murky waters of counterfeit friendships. Whether you seek solace, empowerment, or simply a mirror to your own experiences, our Fake Friends quotes encapsulate the essence of navigating the sometimes treacherous terrain of human connections. Let these poignant words serve as a reminder that genuine bonds are forged in sincerity, while the echoes of fake friendships linger in the corridors of lessons learned.
Deceptive Bonds: Unmasking the Truth with Quotes About Fake Friends
“Someone who smiles too much with you can sometimes frown too much with you at your back.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
“They’re not happy for you because they wish it were them.” – Carlos Wallace
Some of my “best friends” never say a word to me. – Emily Smallmon
“Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour.” – Khalil Gibran
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Fake people are like soap bubbles. They pop out when the sun shines brightly.” – Chiranjude Bird
“Many people are fakes, but before you judge them, make sure you’re not one of them.” – Unknown
“I find people who are two-faced to be incredibly irritating. I always have a hard time deciding which one of their faces to slap first.” – Unknown
“Fake friends are more dangerous than real enemies.” – Ed Latimore
“Fake people take from you. Wise people simply give.” – Maxime Lagacé
“Make sure the lions you roll with aren’t snakes in disguise.” – Genereux Philip
“What greater wound is there than a false friend?” – Sophocles
“It is good to have some people in your life who are not genuine friends, because they help you see who your true friends really are.” – Unknown
“Bad friends are like paper cuts, both are annoyingly painful and make you wish you were more careful.” – Unknown
“A real situation will always expose a fake friend.” – Unknown
“Fake people are like costume jewellery: They look great for a while, then all of a sudden, their true selves ‘Shine’ thru.” ― Nitya Prakash
“Fake people are like soap bubbles: they pop out when the sun shines brightly.” ― Chiranjude Bird
“Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour.” — Khalil Gibran
“False friendship, like ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.” — Richard Burton
“Make sure the lions you roll with aren’t snakes in disguise.” — Beenereux Philip
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” — Oprah Winfrey
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“Fake friends are like soap bubbles. They pop out when the sun shines brightly.” — Chiranjude Bird
“Fake friends are with you today and against you tomorrow.” — Shizra
“Stop texting first and see how many dead plants you’ve been watering.”
“Sometimes it’s not the person who changes, it’s the mask that falls off.” — Mhaj Porras
“Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much off your mind, feelings, and emotions.” — Will Smith
“Be very careful of who you share your problem with, remember that not every friend that smiles at you is your best friend.” — Kemmy Nola
“A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure.” — Edward G. Bulwer Lytton
“You never lose friends. Real ones always stay — no matter what about the fakes, you don’t need anyways.” — Drishti Bablani
“You should be aware of fake friend because it is the hardest to be aware of.” — Eraldo Banovac
“Better an honest enemy than a false friend.” — German Proverb
“The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of a friend.” — Heather Brewer
“What greater wound is there than a false friend?” — Sophocles
“Some people think that the truth can be hidden away with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away.” — Ismail Haniyeh
“Friends ask you questions, enemies question you.” — Criss Jami
“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” — Arnold H. Glasow
“You will never have to question the intentions or integrity of people who have your best interest at heart.” – Germany Kent
“People only throw shade on what’s shining.” — Genereux Philip
“Some people were only friends because you saw them five times a week.”
“Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.” – Shania Twain
“Don’t fear the enemies who attack you, fear the fake friends that hug you.”
“Before you count your friends, make sure you can count on them. Some friends are only around when they want something from you but are never there when you need something from them.” — Rashida Rowe
“Sometimes the person you’d take a bullet for ends up being behind the gun.” — Tupac
“People don’t change. They just take their masks off.”
“We never lose friends; fake ones are exposed.” – Carlos Wallace
“Time passes and you begin to see people for who they really are and not who they pretend to be.” — Scarlet Koop
“Most people want to see you do better, but not doing better than them.” — London Mond
“It’s hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it.” — Nicole Richie
“Best friends has 11 letters but so does backstabber.” — Wiz Khalifa
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” — Alice Walker
“They’re not happy for you because they wish it were them.” — Carlos Wallace
“Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself.” — Hussein Nishah
“If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.” — Will Smith
“You got nothing to lose. You don’t lose when you lose fake friends.” — Joan Jett
“At some point you have to learn that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life.” — Sandi Lynn
“You create more space in your life when you turn your excess baggage to garbage.” — Chinonye J. Chudolue
“Never give your attention to someone who deserves your silence.” — Emma Xu
“It makes no sense to try to extend a friendship that was only meant to be a season into a lifetime.” — Mandy Hale
“Sometimes the bridges you burn light the right way.”
Pay close attention to those that don’t clap when you win.
When they see you’re doing better without them, that’s when they want you back.
They don’t miss you when you’re gone. They miss you when you move on.
They’re not happy for you because they wish it were them. – Carlos Wallace
Fake friends only reach out when they need something
They ignore you now, but they need you later.
Some people were only friends because you saw them five times a week.
Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour. – Khalil Gibran
True friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but they are always there. – Habeeb Akande
Friends are supposed to cheer you up when you cry, not the reason why you cry.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. – Martin Luther King Jr.
Fake friends are around you when they think you are cool. True friends are around you even when they think you are a fool.
Fake people are like soap bubbles. They pop out when the sun shines brightly. – Chiranjude Bird
Don’t fear the enemies who attack you, fear the fake friends that hug you.
They stab you and pretend they are the ones bleeding.
Fake friends believe in rumors. Real friends believe in you.
Once they stop talking to you, they start talking about you.
Sometimes you put up walls – not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. – Socrates
You won’t need to explain your side of the story to a true friend.
You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you. – Sophie Kinsella
Sometimes the person you are willing to take the bullet for is the one who pulls the trigger.
Fake friends are with you today and against you tomorrow. – Shizra
Fake friends get mad when we don’t pretend to like them. – Carlos Wallace
Convince people that you need them, and watch what they do. – Wayne Gerard Trotman
“People may not always tell you how they feel about you, but they will always show you. Pay attention.” – Keri Hilson
“Friends are supposed to make you feel better about yourself. Just remember that.” – Anonymous
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” – William Shakespeare
“I have got more respect for someone who comes out and says they don’t like me than for the ones who act like they do but talk bad about me when I’m not around.” – Mitchell Perry
“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.” – Buddha
“Don’t fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you.” – Obameso Sunkanmi
“They don’t miss you when you are gone; they miss you when you move on.” – Anonymous
“Don’t tell me what they say about me. Tell me why they feel comfortable telling you.” – Denzel Washington
“You will be surrounded by many so-called well-wishers during your good times, but there will be only a few ones around you in your bad times.” – Anurag Prakash Ray
“Chocolate friends may not last any longer than fake ones, but they sure as hell taste better.” – Kevin Brooks
“Stay away from fake people because you don’t know when they will throw you.” – Anonymous.
“It is true that one friend who used to mean the world to you and now you cannot trust a single word that comes out of their mouth.” – Anonymous
“True friends are like diamonds, precious and rare. Fake friends are like autumn leaves, found everywhere.” – Ari Joseph
“Fake people talk about other people being Fake. Real people worry about their business and nobody else’s.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
“Fake friends are like coal. When hot, they burn your hands. When cold, they turn your hands black.” – Anonymous
“Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour. True friends are like stars, you don’t always see them but they are always there.”- Habeeb Akande
“Stay away from negative people. They have a problem, for every solution.”- Albert Einstein
“A fake friend is an enemy in disguise.”- Ellen J. Barrier
“There are folks you just don’t need. You’re better off without them. Your life is just a little better because they ain’t in it.”-William Gay
“If they talk about other people with you, they will talk about you with other people.”- Carlos Wallace
“If you don’t find the right set of eyes to see through your bull, you will always be surrounded by friends that will tell you white lies because they like your company and don’t want to ruin the evening.”- Shannon L. Alder
“Fake friends: those who only drill holes under your boat to get it leaking; those who discredit your ambitions and those who pretend they love you, but behind their backs they know they are in to destroy your legacies.”- Israelmore Ayivor
“You don’t have to live happily ever after with every single person in your life in order to live happily ever after. Some unfortunate endings are necessary.”- Joyce Rachelle
“Fake friends are with you today and against you tomorrow.” – Shizra
“In the age of social media, friends are like snowflakes. They descend in their thousands. They disappear in seconds.” – Mouloud Benzadi
“The biggest coward is a man who awakens a woman’s love with no intention of loving her.” – Bob Marley
“People spread gossips, calumny, and false accusations to destroy their subject victim’s integrity. Question the motive of people who erroneously, offensively, defensively, intrusively, abusively and intentionally brand you as a threat, a risk or a danger to life or security.” – Angelica Hopes
“Always be careful of your friend who loves your enemy; you either trust such a fellow for your life or for your death!”- Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“If you write about the dark side of people, you are more likely to be closer to the truth, because people don’t pretend to be dark nearly as much as they pretend to be good.” – Robert Black
“A person’s character is shown through their actions in life, not where they sit on Sunday.” – Navonne Johns
“In the beginning, some people try to appear that everything about them is ‘in black and white,’ until later their true colors come out.” – Anthony Liccione
“The most dangerous among us come dressed as angels, and we learn too late they are the devil in disguise.” – Carlos Wallace
“It is only the great-hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly can never know what true friendship means.” – Charles Kingsley
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” – Oprah Winfrey
“The best defense is to keep off the radar of negative people.” – Steven Redhead
“It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.” – Mandy Hale
“One fake friend can do more harm than 10 enemies… Be smart choosing your friends.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
“True friends accept you for what you are, wart and all.” – Jeffrey Michael
“Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm, not the exception.” – Carlos Wallace
“Time passes, and you begin to see people for who they really are and not who they pretend to be.” – Scarlet Koop
“There are people that will give you time when it shines, then fade away when it shades.” – Anthony Liccione
“Friends ask you questions; enemies question you.” – Criss Jami
“You never lose friends. Real ones will always stay no matter what, and the fakes you don’t need anyway.” – Drishti Bablani
“Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour.” – Khalil Gibran
“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” – Arnold H. Glasow
“Make sure the lions you roll with aren’t snakes in disguise.”- Genereux Philip
“A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.”- Benjamin Franklin
“The most dangerous among us come dressed as angels and we learn too late they are the devil in disguise.” – Carlos Wallace
“People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded by the WRONG people is the loneliest thing in the world.”- Kim Culbertson
“Caring and conscientious people cannot stand to see anyone suffering and the manipulator often finds it easy to play on sympathy to get cooperation.”- George K. Simon Jr.
“Stop entertaining two-faced people. You know the ones who have split personalities and untrustworthy habits.”- Amaka Imani Nkosazana
“Neither a fake friend nor a liar can be trusted, with a secret.”- Ellen J. Barrier
“Flee from fake friends. There is nothing called half-truth. Whatever looks like a lie is a lie!”- Israelmore Ayivor
“Don’t ever let someone tell you the value you don’t have, in order to be in someone’s life. That is often the value they feel you have, not that person.”- Shannon L. Alder
“Don’t be fooled by their masks. Fake people eventually show their true colors. Just wait until their mask needs cleaning.” – Sonya Parker
“The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of a friend.” – Heather Brewer
“When dealing with two faced people, it is difficult to know which face is uglier, the real one or the manufactured one.”- Matshona Dhliwayo
“Those who clap you on the back with one hand may clench envy’s mask behind theirs with the other.”- Stewart Stafford
“Some people are like moths. They come to be around you when your life is bright and nice. They come to amuse themselves through your light. But, they also flee as soon as the lights go off.”- Mitta Xinindlu
“Sometimes, it is not the people who change; it is the mask that falls off.” – Mhaj Porras
“Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour.” – Habeeb Akande
“If you are not going to be a comfort, have the decency to be an empty space.” – Jennifer Crusie
“Thank God I found the GOOD in goodbye.” – Beyoncé Knowles
“Fake people are like pennies, two-faced and worthless.” – Anonymous
False Faces: Illuminating the Shadows of Friendship through Quotes
“It makes no sense to try to extend a fake friendship that was only meant to be a season into a lifetime.” – Mandy Hale
“Letting go means to realize that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli
“Fake friends tell you pretty lies; true friends tell you ugly truths.” – Anonymous
“You will evolve past certain people. Let yourself.” – Mandy Hale
“I realize there is something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they are experts at letting things go.” – Jeffrey McDaniel
“When people can walk away from you, let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.” – T.D. Jakes
“The most dangerous creature on this earth is a fake friend.” – Anonymous
“I hate two-faced people. It is so hard to decide which face to slap first.” – Anonymous
“Sometimes the person you’d take a bullet for ends up being behind the gun.” – Tupac Amaru Shakur
“The only keeper of your happiness is you. Stop giving people the power to control your smile, your worth, and your attitude.” – Mandy Hale
“Pay close attention to those who don’t clap when you win.” – Anonymous
“How to make life peaceful and happy? The answer is simple and easy: Just delete all negative and destructive people from your life always and forever.”- Lord Robin
“Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It’s how true friends talk.”- Peggy Noonan
“I despise the rituals of fake friendship. I wish we could just claw each other’s eyes out and call it a day; instead, we put on huge radiant smiles and spout compliments until our teeth hurt from the saccharine sweetness of it all.”- Jody Gehrman
“You cannot expect to live a positive life if you hang with negative people.”- Joel Osteen
“The point is not that I don’t recognize bad people when I see them — I grant you I may quite well be taken in by them — the point is that I know a good person when I see one.”- Enid Blyton
“I have found the best way to deal with a toxic person is to not respond in any other way than monotone voice and a businesslike manner.”- Jen Grice
“If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.” – Will Smith
“It’s funny how the people who know the least about you, always have the most to say.” – Auliq Ice
“What’s the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you’re so ugly on the inside?” – Jess C. Scott
“Act like you trust people, but don’t.” – Mayank Chawla
“Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. They pretend to be your friend first.” – Steve Irwin
“We must learn to sanitize our environment from time to time to remove bad associates”- Victor Walsh Oluwafemi
“Cut off fake people for real reasons, not real people for fake reasons.” – Ritu Ghatourey
“Learn to use the criticism as fuel and you will never run out of energy.” – Orrin Woodward
“Fake friends often save you from being naive.” – Dr. P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
“You are not really one of some of your friends’ friends.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Fake people are like costume jewelry: They look great for a while, then all of a sudden, their true selves ‘shine’ through.” – Nitya Prakash
“I’m so tired of fake friends, drama, liars, being ignored, getting hurt.” – Anonymous
“Fake people are like soap bubbles; they pop out when the sun shines brightly.” – Chiranjude Bird
“Growing up means realizing a lot of your friends aren’t really your friends.” – Anonymous
“Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.” – Sara Shepard
“I love straightforward people. The lack of drama makes life so much easier.” – Anonymous
“I just trust my intuition, taking into account the psychology of things. Therefore, I am not persuaded by facts, but by behaviors.” – Maria Karvouni
“Don’t trust everything you see. Even salt looks like sugar.” – Narges Obaid
“If you want to be my friend, I prefer honesty to fake praise. I was never one to run with the wolves.” – Christina Strigas
“When you see the genuine, you don’t deal with the fakes anymore.” – Nima Davani
“A friend to all is a friend to none.” – Aristotle
“It is funny how the people who know the least about you always have the most to say.” – Auliq Ice
“You don’t lose friends because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends, and you are better for it.” – Mandy Hale
“I love fake people, provided they are mannequins.” – Pushpa Rana
“Fake friends: once they stop talking to you, they start talking about you.” – Anonymous
“The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.” – Anonymous
“Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don’t hesitate. Fumigate.”- Mandy Hale
“The difference between my darkness and your darkness is that I can look at my own badness in the face and accept its existence while you are busy covering your mirror with a white linen sheet. You are a white witch, a wizard; your spells are manipulations and your cauldron from hell yet you wrap yourself in white and wear a silver wig.”- C. JoyBell
“Toxic people attach themselves like cinder blocks tied to your ankles, and then invite you for a swim in their poisoned waters.”- John Mark Green
“Before you count your friends, make sure you can count on them. Some friends are only around when they want something from you but are never there when you need something from them.”- Rashida Rowe
“The problem with wearing a facade is that sooner or later life shows up with a big pair of scissors.”- Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Only when you are in trouble do you realize who your true friends are… And, my dear, you will be surprised!”- Charbel Tadros
“Stay away from lazy parasites, who perch on you just to satisfy their needs, they do not come to alleviate your burdens, hence, their mission is to distract, detract and extract, and make you live in abject poverty.”- Michael Bassey Johnson
“An honest enemy is better than a best friend who lies.”- Vandi Tanko
“Being blinded in love and friendship is a common mistake.”- Eraldo Banovac
“A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.”- Criss Jami
“Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it.”- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“‘Best friends’ has 11 letters, but so does ‘backstabber.’” – Wiz Khalifa
“The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!” – Tennessee Williams
“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” – Gloria Steinem
“A friend to all, is not a friend to anyone.” – Mike Skinner
“Real friends don’t throw shade. They encourage. They know your insecurities and inspire you to evolve through kindness, love, and patience.” – Christina Daniels
“Love does not dwell on how much one receives in return. If there is ever any balance in love, it is in a contest of who can love who more.” – Criss Jami
“If you want to be a generous giver, you have to watch out for selfish takers.” – Adam Grant
“If he doesn’t follow through with actions, he is either selfish or a liar. Neither makes him sound like ‘the one,’ does it?” – Matthew Hussey
“It is also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I have been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That is why we are here, after all, to help others.” – Carol Burnett
“Selfish people also tend to have victim mindsets… Their actions plant seeds of loneliness; then they cry upon the blooming.” – Steve Maraboli
“What you love is your own love. It is not love; it is selfishness. It is not me you think of, but what you feel about me.” – John Fowles
“Selfishness comes from poverty in the heart, from the belief that love is not abundant.” – Don Miguel Ruiz
“This is what happens. You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you.” – Sophie Kinsella
“If you claim to be a real friend, then be real in your soul. If you claim to be fake, then be an enemy instead.” – Santosh Kalwar
“A genuine enemy is more useful than a fake friend.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself.” – Meg Cabot
“People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.” – Lord Chesterfield
“The fastest way to lose friends and alienate people is to get better and improve yourself.” – Toby Young
“Having a jealous friend is like having a bad habit.” – Urban Saying
“Fake friends get mad when we don’t pretend to like them.” – Carlos Wallace
“Until you realize how easy it is for your mind to be manipulated, you remain the puppet of someone else’s game.”- Evita Ochel
“As you grow older, you realize it becomes less important to have more friends and more important to have real ones.”- Ziad K. Abdelnour
“There are those whose primary ability is to spin wheels of manipulation. It is their second skin and without these spinning wheels, they simply do not know how to function. They are like toys on wheels of manipulation and control. If you remove one of the wheels, they’ll never be able to feel secure, be whole.”- C. JoyBell
“Buy a gift for a dog, and you’ll be amazed at the way it will dance and swerve its tail, but if you don’t have anything to offer to it, it won’t even recognize your arrival; such are the attributes of fake friends.”- Michael Bassey Johnson
“Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.” – Lauren Conrad
“The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.” – Aldrich Ames
“You will never have to question the intentions or integrity of people who have your best interest at heart.”- Germany Kent
“There will always be real friends and fake friends. It is difficult to distinguish the two because both will appear the same in the beginning but so different at the end.” – Rita Zahara
“So much of what we learn about love is taught by people who never really loved us.” – R.H. Sins
“Have trouble spotting a selfish person? It’s about their schedule, their needs, their hurt feelings, their ideas, their goals, their…” – Shanen Thomas
“Eliminate those fake friends who seem real when you have something and disappear when you have nothing.” – Rashida Rowe
“Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.” – Erich Fromm
“Some of my “best friends” never say a word to me.”- Emily Smallmon
“Don’t be sad or afraid when you start losing friends, be glad you’re getting rid of the fake ones. Stay true to yourself.” – Terry Mark
“The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.” – Chris Jami
“Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.” – George Washington Carver
“Pretend to be poor in reality, and you will notice a decrease in your friends’ list and requests.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
“No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.” – Alice Walker
“Fake friends are like shadows. They follow you in the sun but leave you in the dark.” – Anonymous
“Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself.” – Hussein Nishah
“Learn to use the criticism as fuel, and you will never run out of energy.” – Orrin Woodward
“We never lose friends. We simply learn who the real ones are.” – Unknown
“It takes a special kind of person to be a hater, but only a true loser will give the impression of being your friend while resenting every progress/success in your life.” – Cory Stallworth
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature.” – Jane Austen
“Fire false friends. They are in to fast-forward your fall and failure.” – Israelmore Ayivor
“A lot of problems in the world would disappear if we talk to each other instead of about each other.” – Anonymous
“You got nothing to lose. You don’t lose when you lose fake friends.” – Joan Jett
“A friendship that can cease has never been real.” – St. Jerome
“Fake friends believe in rumors. Real friends believe in you.” – Yolanda Hadid
“At some point, you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life.” – Sandi Lynn
“A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure.”- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
“You always knew after bad things happened, who your friends really were.”- Jodi Picoult
“Part of the journey in life is slipping and falling along the way; in these times true friends are the ones who pick you up and dust you off.”- Ken Poirot
“The real friends are out there on your own, on your lost and on your special days. If they aren’t there, take it like they aren’t your friends, find other friends.”- Deyth Banger
“Expect while reaching for the stars, people to whirl by with their dark clouds and storm upon you.”- Anthony Liccione
“Money and power attract friends. But it’s not you they’re friends with – just your money and power. Only affection brings genuine friends.”- Auliq Ice
“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.” – Confucius
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“It makes such a difference to go through life with a kind friend on the inside rather than a critic who is telling us how we’re messing up.” – Kim Fredrickson
“Fake love is to money what fire is to hay, there only remain ash when it is over”- Bangambiki Habyarimana
“A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure.” – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
“One of the main roles of our financial problems is to weed out our fake friends.”- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
“An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.”- E.A. Bucchianeri
“Stop falling for those who won’t raise you up in the future.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
“If I doubt your intentions I will never trust your actions.” – Carlos Wallace
Masked Allegiance: Unveiling Deceit with Quotes About Fake Friends
“The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals and dreams. The weak-minded become haters.” – Steve Maraboli
“It’s hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it.” – Nicole Richie
“Having fake friends is like hugging cactus. The tighter you hug, the more pain you get.” – Riza Prasetyaningsih
“The best way to stop being frustrated is to not expect anything from someone.” – Anonymous
“Be very careful of who you share your problem with; remember that not every friend that smiles at you is your best friend.” – Kemmy Nola
“False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.” – Richard Burton
“Some people’s fake is more honest than other people’s real.” – Stephen Chbosky
“Life is all about losing friends, the people you know. So, just that you get better at finding the ones worth suffering for.” – Mohit Kaushik
“The only wolves we got to fear are the ones wear manskin.” – George R.R. Martin
“Fake people will insult you in front of the whole world, but those who are true to you will insult you more but in private.” – Shizra
“It is a sad day when you find out who your friends aren’t.” – Unknown
“I no longer have the energy for meaningless friendships, forced interactions, or unnecessary conversations.” – Joquesse Eugenia
“The sieves of time filter out the fakes from the real. Don’t look back for them; they were filtered out for your refinement.” – Drishti Bablani
“Fake friends are worse than real enemies.” – Anonymous
“The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.” – Bette Midler
“Don’t break your back for a man that wouldn’t even scratch yours.” – Anonymous
“I love my enemies; at least they admit that they don’t like me.” – Anonymous
“The knives of betrayal and drama cut deep and hurt… but they also trim away the nonsense and reveal your true friends.”- Steve Maraboli
“The secret lies of manipulative folks, however hidden and cunningly twisted shall eventually come out. Never trust manipulative politically motivated, sly liars while they pretend to be “true friends” with noble and just cause.”- Angelica Hopes
“One should have the ability to distinguish between real and fake. Specially Real and Fake Love.” – George Femtom
“True friends esteem you of greater worth than you feel deserving. False friends demand you prove that worth.”- Richelle E. Goodrich
“A messy house is a must – it separates your true friends from other friends. Real friends are there to visit you not your house!”- Jennifer Wilson
“Your job won’t take care of you when you’ll be sailing through loneliness or going through a tragedy in life. Your friends will. Make good friends and stay in touch.”- Chanda Kaushik
“When I see a fellow-creature about to perish through the cowardice of her pretended friends, I wish to be allowed to speak, that I may say what I know of her character.”- Mary Shelley
“Life’s a battlefield, and we remain loyal to those who fight for us; those who’d die for us.”- Crystal Woods
“Share your weaknesses. Share your hard moments. Share your real side. It’ll either scare away every fake person in your life or it will inspire them to finally let go of that mirage called “perfection,” which will open the doors to the most important relationships you’ll ever be a part of.”- Dan Pearce
“The first impression is not the last reflection of a true friend, so if you are head over heels for someone who just bought you a cake, you’d better think twice before devouring your misery.”-Michael Bassey Johnson
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” – Maya Angelou
“In one respect indeed, our employment may be reckoned dishonest, because, like great Statesmen, we encourage those who betray their friends.” – John Gay
“If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.” – E.M. Forster
“Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It’s also about mutual help, not about exploitation.” – Paul Theroux
“A friend is with you in the sunshine and the darkness; a fake friend is one who is only there for the sunshine.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“As you go through life, you will find that your acquaintances will be many, but only your true friends will share your pain as well as your pleasure.” – Heidi Catherine
“Fake people don’t surprise me anymore; loyal people do.” – Unknown
“My real friends never hearing from me, fake friends write the wrong answers on the mirror for me.” – Aubrey Drake Graham
“Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care.” – Hikigaya Hachiman
“Don’t become so nice in this world where all are wearing a mask on their face to fool you.” – Anonymous
“I love my phone because all my friends live inside it.” – Anonymous
“Good friends are like stars. You cannot always see them, but you will know that they are there.” – Christy Evans
“When our phones fall, we panic. When our friends fall, we laugh.” – Anonymous
“Tell people how it is, be real, and be honest. If you see something wrong, make sure you speak up. Being this way will naturally eliminate the snakes and fakes.” – John Maiorana
“When you are up there, hundreds of people will claim you as a friend. When you are down, you are lucky if one will buy you a cup of coffee.” – Frank W. Abagnale
“Counting other people’s sins does not make you saint.” – Anonymous
“The crap you hear about me might be true, or it could be as fake as the person who told you.” – Anonymous
“Everybody has the right to be stupid. But you are abusing the privilege.” – Anonymous
“Fake people show their colors when they have no use for you anymore.” – Anonymous
“Fake people will always hate you because you are better than them, so move forward and stay away.” – Anonymous
“Real friends don’t get offended when you insult them. They smile and call you something even more offensive.” – Anonymous
“You don’t know what are they hiding in their heart, so don’t trust until you find.” – Anonymous
“Being too nice is a crime today. Fake friends are everywhere around you. They will use you, and when you are of no use, throw you away like a wrapper.” – Shizra
“Life is full of fake people, but before you decide to judge them, make sure you are not one of them.” – Anonymous
“The word ‘friend’ is a label anyone can try on. You decide who is best suited to wear it.” – Carlos Wallace
“One good thing about being in a bad situation: it makes picking out fake friends really easy.” – Anonymous
“Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.”- Shania Twain
“If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.”- Aesop
“What a desperate, pathetic fool I was. Time after time, my “friends” had shown me their true colors. Yet, I still wanted to believe they were sorry for causing me pain.”- Jodee Blanco
“Friends with spiteful hearts and thousand eyes of evil, mock not my slumbering glory.”- Darmie Orem
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”- Arthur Conan Doyle
“Money can’t buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy.” – Spike Milligan
“Never give your attention to someone who deserves your silence.”- Emma Xu
“If it comes, let it come. If it goes, it’s ok, let it go. Let things come and go. Stay calm, don’t let anything disturb your peace, and carry on.” – Germany Kent
“People’s bullshit and fakeness are the main reasons why I like to be alone.” – Megan Fox
“Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.” – Al Capone
“I would so much rather have a few of good friends than a lot of fake friends.” – Lauren Conrad
“People say they hate having fake people around, but when you keep it real, they hate you even more. People don’t like the truth.” – DeMarcus Cousins
“We would never become friends with most if not all of the people with whom we have been friends for many years, if we had met them only a few weeks ago.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Hard times and fake friends are like oil and water: they don’t mix.”- Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
“You create more space in your life when you turn your excess baggage to garbage.” – Chinonye J. Chudolue
“The fake people do not dare to come out from their mask and face the truth of the real ones.”- Ehsan Sehgal
“When people smile at a rich man, they are smiling at his wallet.”- Matshona Dhliwayo
“Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.”- George R.R. Martin
“Betrayal is common for men with no conscience.”- Toba Beta
“Most people want to see you do better, but not doing better than them.” – London Mond
“Fake friends smile when you are down. True friends celebrate when you are up.” – Matshona Dhliwayo
“You don’t evolve with fake friends or people that are not on your level. It’s much better to stay alone; then you can evolve.” – Cristi Cris
“Better an honest enemy than a false friend.” – German Proverb
“Friendship is delicate as a glass. Once broken, it can be fixed, but there will always be cracks.” – Waqar Ahmed
“Hatred imprisons the haters; love opens doors.” – Debasish Mridha
“Controllers, abusers, and manipulative people don’t question themselves. They don’t ask themselves if the problem is them; they always say the problem is someone else.” – Darlene Quimet
“Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away.” – Ismail Haniyeh
“Make no mistake about it, people who say they love you but cannot be happy for your success do not love you.” – Germany Kent
“Bitter truth of life. To have some genuine friends, you need to have some fake ones too.” – Shikha Kaul
“A fake friend is someone that ridicules your feelings, steps on your emotions, and gossips about you behind your back.” – Karon Waddell
“People only throw shade on what is shining.” – Genereux Philip
“Hard times and fake friends are like oil and water: they don’t mix.” – Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
“Knowledge planted in truth grows in truth. Strength born of peace loses nothing to hate.” – Aberjhani
“I would choose to live a century in a dark room instead of hanging out with fake friends.” – Sher E Yazdan
“Stay real, stay loyal, or stay away from me.” – Anonymous
“Like a rose, a fake friend exposes the petals in the tongue and hides the spikes in the heart.” – Nour Belhaj
“I would rather be lonely than be friends with non-friends. Losing friends is hard, but losing fake friends, as it turns out, is pretty damn easy.” – Mindy Kaling
“The toxic behaviors were there before you decided to enter into relationships with them. The signs were there. You may have chosen to look the other way, but the signs were there.”- P.A. Speers
“Narcissists are consumed with maintaining a shallow false self to others. They’re emotionally crippled souls that are addicted to attention.”- Shannon L. Alder
“Yes, the people around us can be insensitive, narcissistic, toxic, and sometimes even abusive, but it is up to us to take that energy on or let it flow through us. No one is responsible for taking away our happiness but us.”- Aletheia Luna
“Don’t let toxic people infect you with the fear of giving and receiving one of the most powerful forces in this world… LOVE!”- Yvonne Pierre
“Betrayal is never easy to handle and there is no right way to accept it.” – Christine Feehan
“How empty are the insincere words of people who, so easily, speak forth “love,” “family” and “friendship” without meaning what they say even if their intentions are good albeit mere flattery.”- Donna Lynn Hope
“You didn’t acknowledge my existence when I was struggling. You didn’t even support my efforts. I’m now shocked at your sudden interest in my success.”- Mitta Xinindlu
“Convince people that you need them, and watch what they do.” – Wayne Gerard Trotman
Shattered Trust: Navigating Through Quotes on Fake Friends
“Sometimes, you have to give up on people. Not because you don’t care but because they don’t.” – Jennifer Green
“Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.” – Confucius
“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.” – Euripides
“A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor’s.” – Richard Whately
“We have to be cautious of who we allow in our circle because a frenemy can be more destructive than an enemy.”- Angel Moreira
“We sometimes wish for the prosperity of someone who is secretly praying for our downfall.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions.” – Will Smith
“Controllers, abusers, and manipulative people don’t question themselves. They don’t ask themselves if the problem is them…they always say the problem is someone else.” – Darlene Quimet
“Fake relationships and fake people coming up to me and all of a sudden wanting to be my friend.” – Jason Ritter
“Anyone can just speak words, but only one that is tried-and-true can mean them.”- Terry O’Neal
“The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.” – Chris Jammi
“Friendship is delicate as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will always be cracks.” – Waqar Ahmed
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” – Alice Walker
“Fake friends are like shadows. They follow you in the sun but leave you in the dark.”
“Friends ask you questions; enemies question you.” ― Criss Jami, Healology
“People only throw shade on what’s shining.” ― Genereux Philip
“Mindset matters…always. The difference found between the victorious and the envious, the successful and the haters; is mindset.” ― Steve Maraboli
“It makes no sense to try to extend a friendship that was only meant to be a season into a lifetime.” – Mandy Hale
“Before you count your friends, make sure you can count on them. Some friends are only around when they want something from you but are never there when you need something from them.” – Rashida Rowe
“Time passes and you begin to see, people for who they really are and not who they pretend to be.” – Scarlet Koop
“Fake people are like costume jewelry: they look great for a while, then all of a sudden, their true selves ‘Shine’ thru.” ― Nitya Prakash
“Being fake is so common now that being real is seen as offensive.” – Chris Ruden
“Act like you trust people, but don’t.” ― Mayank Chawla
Fake people have an image to maintain, real people just don’t care.” – Hachiman Hikigaya
“There should never be a time you make time for people who waste your time.” ― Carlos Wallace
“Sometimes I need what only you can provide: your absence.” – Ashleigh Brilliant
“Three belongings impoverish: love, hope and fake friendships.” ― Tiziri Wuming
“The most dangerous among us come dressed as angels and we learn too late they are the devil in disguise.” ― Carlos Wallace
“Incessant smiling is one of the deadly tools used by someone whose intent is to make others cry.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
“We will always meet rivals in everything we do, but the most dangerous are those we believe to be our friends.” ― Paulo Coelho
“There will always be real friends and fake friends. It is difficult to distinguish the two because both will appear the same in the beginning but so different at the end.” ― Rita Zahara
“Real friends, are really hard to come by.” ― Anthony Liccione
“I would so much rather have a few of good friends than a lot of fake friends.” ― Lauren Conrad
“Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.” ― Al Capone
“It takes a special kind of person to be a hater, but only a true loser will give the impression of being your friend while resenting every progress/success in your life.” ― Cory Stallworth
“Traitors are more dangerous than enemies.” ― Velupillai Prabhakaran
Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.” ― Aeschylus
People bullshit and fakeness are the main reasons why I like to be alone.” ― Megan Fox
“Neither a fake friend nor a liar can be trusted, with a secret.” ― Ellen J. Barrier
“It makes such a difference to go through life with a kind friend on the inside rather than a critic who is telling us how we’re messing up.” — Kim Fredrickson
“Don’t listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people’s failures.” — Paulo Coelho
“There are many lonely people who have a lot of money but have no real friends. All of their money can not buy friends.” — Catherine Pulsifer
“As you go through life, you will find that your acquaintances will be many, but only your true friends will share your pain as well as your pleasure.” — Heidi Catherine
“Don’t fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you.” — Obameso Sunkanmi
“Don’t be fooled by their masks. Fake people eventually show their true colors. Just wait until their mask needs cleaning.” ― Sonya Parker
“Real friends don’t throw shade. They encourage. They know your insecurities and inspire you to evolve through kindness, love, and patience.” — Christina Daniels
“I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of.” ― Alice Walker
“A friend is with you in the sunshine and the darkness; a fake friend is one who is only there for the sunshine.” — Catherine Pulsifer
“Fake people will insult you in front of the whole world, but those who are true to you will insult you more but in private.” — Shizra
“Fake people always think others are fake.” ― Tomichan Matheikal
“Be careful who you trust because as quickly as they say they’re your friend is how quick they can turn their backs on you.” ― Abhishek Tiwari
“As you grow older, you realise it becomes less important to have more friends and more important to have real ones.” ― Ziad K. Abdelnour
“Anyone that hates on you is always below you because they’re just jealous of what you have.” ― Miley Cyrus
“Nice words and nice appearance doesn’t conclude that someone is nice. I believe that the nicer you look, the more deceptive you appear.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
“Narcissists are consumed with maintaining a shallow false self to others. They’re emotionally crippled souls that are addicted to attention.” ― Shannon L. Alder
“Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm, not the exception.” ― Carlos Wallace
“Remember the friends who stuck with you when they thought you had nothing.” ― Joyce Rachelle
“People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded by the WRONG people is the loneliest thing in the world.” ― Kim Culbertson
“Part of the journey in life is slipping and falling along the way; in these times, true friends are the ones who pick you up and dust you off.” ― Ken Poirot