best quotations about
Betrayal |
and Treason
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Quotations
 | True friends stab you in the front. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 21 likes |
 | If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 14 likes |
| Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 8 likes |
 | What greater wound is there than a false friend? — Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet 6 likes |
 | Betrayal betrays the betrayer. — Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer 6 likes |
 | Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Measure for Measure 6 likes |
 | Traitors who prevail are patriots; usurpers who succeed are divine emperors. — Gore Vidal, 1925-2012, American writer 4 likes |
 | Betrayal is a matter of when. — Cardinal Richelieu, 1585-1642, French cardinal & Prime minister 4 likes |
 | All a man can betray is his conscience. — Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer 2 likes |
 | In every friend, there is half of a traitor. — Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims 1 likes |
 | The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates. — Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870, French writer 1 likes |
 | Friends always forget those whom fortune forsakes. — Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855, English novelist & poet 1 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason. — T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948 6 likes |
 | And even more honor is due to them when they foresee (as many do foresee) that in the end Ephialtis will make his appearance, that the Medes will break through after all. — Constantine Kavafy, 1868-1933, Greek poet ‐ Thermopylae 5 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | And you, son Brutus? Και συ, τέκνον Βρούτε; — Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul (his last words, spoken in Greek) 13 likes |
