128 Fake Friends Quotes That Will Make You Appreciate True Friends
Friendship is absolutely priceless and true friends are our life’s own fortune. However, we have all come across a fake friend and it is the reason why our awareness level might have escalated. Although it is a must to continue to believe in loyalty and commitment – these merits that make a genuine friend, it’s the hypocrisy, selfishness and that knife in the back you didn’t see coming that hurts the most. Truth be told, fake friends are everywhere! You’ll find them in all work fields as in movie industries, sports, publishing and more, where they’ve proven to be even more vicious than simply smooth in social circles.
Many celebrities have also been betrayed and fooled and they agree on how we must simply continue the hunt for honesty in the people around us. Their wise statements will not only encourage friendship, but they will help you take fake friends into consideration when it comes to trusting them. Read on and see how this amazing selection of quotes also reflects your life. You will definitely appreciate good friends after that. Luckily for all of us, they too exist.
Table of Contents
- Fake Friends Quotes
- Two-Faced Fake Friends Quotes
- Fake Best Friend Quotes
- Quotes About Fake Friends and Moving On
- Selfish Fake Friends Quotes
Fake Friends Quotes
- A Fake Friend is an enemy in disguise. Ellen J. Barrier
- We never lose friends, fake ones are exposed. Carlos Wallace
- A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. Benjamin Franklin
- The friendship that can cease has never been real. Jerome
- A fake friend is someone who will drill holes in your boat to make it leak. Unknown
- Don’t fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you. Unknown
- Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach. Shania Twain
- Hard times and fake friends are like oil and water: they don’t mix. Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
- Better an honest enemy than a false friend. German Proverb
- Loyalty is the mask of fake friends and reality is the face of true friends. Sir P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
- A friend to all is a friend to none. Aristotle
- Fake friends are with you today and against you tomorrow. Shizra
- What greater wound is there than a false friend? Sophocles
- Fake friends often save you from being naïve. P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
- Once your blood’s in the water, everyone’s a shark. Tilly Bagshawe
- Fake friends get mad when we don’t pretend to like them. Carlos Wallace
- One fake friend can do more harm than 10 enemies… Be smart choosing your friends. Ziad K. Abdelnour
- True friends esteem you of greater worth than you feel deserving. False friends demand you prove that worth. Richelle E. Goodrich
- There are few things worse than mistaking an enemy for a friend. Wayne Gerard Trotman
- Having fake friends is like hugging cactus. The tighter you hug, the more pain you get. Riza Prasetyaningsih
- If they talk about other people with you, they will talk about you with other people. Carlos Wallace
- You should be aware of fake friends because it is the hardest to be aware of. Eraldo Banovac
- Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour. Khalil Gibran
- You never lose Friends. Real ones will always stay – no matter what and the fakes, you don’t need anyway. Drishti Bablani
- 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
- Fake friends are a vital piece of life. They keep you on your toes and teach you to never take the real ones for granted. Ayjee Grogan
- I love fake people provided they are mannequins. Pushpa Rana
- 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 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
- The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you. Bette Midler
- 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
Two-Faced Fake Friends Quotes
- Make sure the lions you roll with aren’t snakes in disguise. Genereux Philip
- A frenemy can be more destructive than an enemy. Angel Moreira
- People wear masks of lies so that they look attractive, so be careful. Muhammad Saqib
- Having two-faced friends is like keeping a crap in your life.. Jhinang
- Look twice at a two-faced man. Chief Joseph
- I really hate two faced people, it’s hard to decide which face to slap first. Yong Junhyung
- The only wolves we got to fear are the ones wear manskin. George RR Marin
- We are some people’s friends only when they are with us. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Sometimes it’s not the person who changes, it’s the mask that falls off. Mhaj Porras
- Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They’re only powerful when you got your back turned. Eminem
- Every coin has two sides, just like most people have two faces. Rashida Rowe
- The most dangerous among us come dressed as angels and we learn too late they are the devil in disguise. Carlos Wallace
- It is hard to deal with someone who smiles and pretends to like you to your face and sticks that eight-inch blade in your back when you turn around. Nishan Panwar
- Someone who smiles too much with you can sometime frown too much with you at your back. Michael Bassey Johnson
- If you’re gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty. Marilyn Monroe
- No one forced you to love me, so why did you need to pretend? Your lies have left me heartbroken. Shami Paulin
- Time passes and you begin to see, people for who they really are and not who they pretend to be. Scarlet Koop
- Sometimes the more someone is trying to look like a saint, it could mean that they have bigger horns to hide. Unknown
- People who are two faced, usually forget which mask they are wearing at some point in their life. Anthony T.Hincks
- A question that always haunts me. Why can’t people just be real? It’s easier being real than pretend being real. Give yourself a chance. Manasa Rao Saarloos
- 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
- You don’t lose friends because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends, and you’re better for it. Mandy Hale
- People may not always tell you how they feel about you, but they will always show you. Pay attention. Keri Hilson
- Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Fake Best Friend Quotes
- Best friends has 11 letters, but so does Backstabber. Wiz Khalifa
- Before you count your friends, make sure you can count on them. Rashida Rowe
- Sometimes the person you’d take a bullet for ends up being behind the gun. Tupac
- You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you. Sophie Kinsella
- Most people want to see you do better, but not doing better than them. London Mond
- Convince people that you need them, and watch what they do. Wayne Gerard Trotman
- If I doubt your intentions I will never trust your actions. Carlos Wallace
- Fake friends believe in rumors. Real friends believe in you. Yolanda Hadid
- It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. Confucius
- Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime. Mineko Iwasaki
- The word “friend” is a label anyone can try on. You decide who is best suited to wear it. Carlos Wallace
- It’s hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it…. Nicole Richie
- Lovers have a right to betray you, friends don’t. Judy Holliday
- Neither a fake friend nor a liar can be trusted, with a secret. Ellen J. Barrier
- 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
- 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
- Only when you are in trouble do you realize who your true friends are… And, my dear, you will be surprised! Charbel Tadros
- Just like seasons, people also change. But the difference is, once gone, seasons come back. Himanshu Chhabra
- LOVE ya enemies and HATE ya friends, ya enemies remain the SAME ya friends always CHANGE. Dinero Rell
- Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul. George R.R. Martin
- Remember the friends who stuck with you when they thought you had nothing. Joyce Rachelle
- Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies. Sara Shepard
- You always knew after bad things happened, who your friends really were. Jodi Picoult
- As you grow older, you realize it becomes less important to have more friends and more important to have real ones. Ziad K. Abdelnour
- Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight. Lauren Conrad
- I’ve 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
- Make no mistake about it, people who say they love you but cannot be happy for your success do not love you. Germany Kent
- If you want to be my friend, I prefer honesty to fake praise. I was never one to run with the wolves. Christina Strigas
- 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
Quotes About Fake Friends and Moving On
- You don’t lose when you lose fake friends. Joan Jett
- When you see the genuine, you don’t deal with the fakes anymore. Nima davani
- Farewell to a fake friend is the genuine felicitation. Sir P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
- If you are not going to be a comfort, have the decency to be an empty space. Jennifer Crusie
- Fire false friends. They are in to fast-forward your fall and failure. Israelmore Ayivor
- It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. William Blake
- There should never be a time you make time for people who waste your time. Carlos Wallace
- Cutting fake people out of my life does not mean that I am petty. It just means that I respect myself. Unknown
- Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions. Will Smith
- Life is too short for fake butter or fake people. Karen Salmansohn
- 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
- Flee from fake friends. There is nothing called half-truth. Whatever looks like a lie is a lie! Israelmore Ayivor
- Eliminate those fake friends who seem real when you have something and disappear when you have nothing. Rashida Rowe
- It makes no sense to try to extend a friendship that was only meant to be a season into a lifetime. Mandy Hale
- Fake love is to money what fire is to hay, there only remain ash when it is over. Bangambiki Habyarimana
- Goodbye is the best ever gift that you can receive from worse friends. Israelmore Ayivor
- 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
- I don’t have time for fake friends anymore. Either be real, or be gone. Unknown
- I no longer have the energy for meaningless friendships, forced interactions, or unnecessary conversations. Joquesse Eugenia
- Stay away from negative people. They have a problem, for every solution. Albert Einstein
- 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
- 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
- Some people are going to leave, but that’s not the end your story. That’s the end of their part in your story. Unknown
- 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
Selfish Fake Friends Quotes
- A fake friend indeed is a friend only in his need. S. Jagadeesh Kumar
- When you have everything in life, you have friends, when you have nothing, you have true friends. Oscar Bimpong
- They don’t want to do anything for you, but they want you to do a lot for them. Vikrant Adams
- Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either. Erich Fromm
- A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship. John D. Rockefeller
- Spend your time with those who love you unconditionally, not with those who only love you under certain conditions. Suzy Kassem
- Nobody wants to know how you feel, yet, they want you to do what they feel. Michael Bassey Johnson
- Charity does not like arithmetic; selfishness worships it. Mason Cooley
- No man will work for your interests unless they are his. David Seabury
- Some people aren’t loyal to you. They are loyal to their need of you. Once their needs change, so does their loyalty. Unknown
- You can’t always go by actions because some people will ACT like they love you just to get what they want from you. Sonya Parker
- 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
- When people smile at a rich man, they are smiling at his wallet. Matshona Dhliwayo
- You’ll be surrounded by many so-called well-wishers during your good times but there’ll be only a few ones around you in your bad times. Anurag Prakash Ray
- Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde
- 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
- Fake friends are everywhere around you. They will use you and when you are no longer of use, throw you away like a wrapper. Shizra
- Money and power attract friends. But it’s not you they’re friends with – just your money and power. Only affection brings genuine friends. Oscar Auliq
- Pretend to be poor in reality and you’ll notice a decrease in your friends list and request. Michael Bassey Johnson
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