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Friendship And Betrayal By Patrick Wright12/15/2025

Friendship And Betrayal

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True Friendship

Your noble friend will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your own blindness. Such friendship is creative and critical; it is willing to negotiate awkward and uneven territories of contradiction and woundedness.

A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably

No matter what happens, to either of us," says Sigrud, "you have always been a very good friend to me, Shara Komayd. I have known very few good people. But I think that you are one of them.

Join the hands of friendship never break the trust because it is a strong bond of platinum and silver

My loyalty and friendship has no bounds, no matter where life takes us you'll always have my hand.

He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect.

One should go invited to a friend in good fortune, and uninvited in misfortune

A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

We are one in Christ; let us be friends with one another; but let us never be friends with one another’s error. If I be wrong, rebuke me sternly; I can bear it, and bear it cheerfully; and if ye be wrong, expect the like measure from me, and neither peace nor parley with your mistakes.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

The Friend asks no return but that his Friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams.

Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things Keep ourselves loyal to truth, and the sacred professions of friendship. It is no secret I tell you, nor am I ashamed to declare it: I have liked to be with you, to see you, to speak with you always.

Betrayal and Deception

In the end, you will realize most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.

Make friendship but be aware foolish and traitor.

Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on the other side. Betrayal is a friend I have known a long time, a two-faced goddess looking forward and back with a clear, earnest suspicion of good fortune.

Farewell to a fake friend is the genuine felicitation

An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.

And it will always happen that he who is not your friend will request your neutrality and he who is your friend will ask you to declare yourself by taking up arms. And irresolute princes, in order to avoid present dangers, follow the neutral road most of the time, and most of the time they are ruined.

You’re in order, when you have a loyal friend, a trustworthy ally. When the same person betrays you, sells you out, you move from the daytime world of clarity and light to the dark underworld of chaos, confusion and despair.

Beautiful words are ugly motives best friends.

A confession: I am not a good friend.

The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone. A hard judgement is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart.

An open curse may prove a curse, / But a pretended friend is worse.

An open foe may prove a curse, / But a pretended friend is worse.

Friendship and Challenges

So I guess you could say Neel owes me a few favors, except that so many favors have passed between us now that they are no longer distinguishable as individual acts, just a bright haze of loyalty. Our friendship is a nebula.

Enmity is a mental state, our task is to transform the enmity between the states into deep friendship.

In a friendship such as ours a few slips are of no consequence

So Bodee is a friend, I say firmly, a best friend. My honesty with the girl surprises me. But Bodee is right where I love him, in the room down the hall up the stairs from mine. Dinner instead of a dinner date. A hand to hold instead of lips to kiss. He’s my fort, my sanctuary. And I won’t do anything to jeopardize this.

But... If you hide the truth to keep Mika from suffering, the situation will never change, will it? I think real friendship would be to let him face his own suffering, and help him conquer it. Isn't that when he really needs you most?

The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.

Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end.

The quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little and it will fail. But hope remains, if friends stay true.

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred--that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt...If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.

If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.

Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with his quantum, and he cannot give to one without robbing another. I very well know to whom I would give the first place in my friendship, but they are not in the way, I am condemned to another scene, and therefore I distribute it in pennyworths to those about me, and who displease me least, and should do the same to my fellow prisoners if I were condemned to a jail.

A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby - take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.

Loyalty and Trust

The moment you acknowledge my conscience, you know that I acknowledge one in you, too. That makes all the difference.’ ‘Perhaps,’ said Françoise . . . ‘In short, that is friendship. Each renounces individual self-importance. But what if either refuses to renounce it?’ ‘In that case, friendship is impossible,’ said Pierre. Xavière never renounced any part of herself. No matter how high she placed one, even if it amounted to worship, one remained an object to her.

Every disappointment is preceded by an appointment. If we do not appoint a person as a reliable friend, neither will we be disappointed when he’s not on point at the point of our need.

Vlad made a mental note to amend the friend code: thou shalt not date the girl that thy best friend has a crush on...nor shalt thou try sticking thy best friend in the chest with a sharp hunk of wood.

Increase my friend, is a natural tenet

Join the hands of friendship never break the trust because it is a strong bond of platinum and silver

My loyalty and friendship has no bounds, no matter where life takes us you'll always have my hand.

Allow a friend to believe in a bogus prospectus or a false promise and you cease, after a short while, to be a friend at all.

Let not your friend your cherished secrets hear; Then, if you quarrel, you've no cause to fear

If thy friends be of better quality than thyself, thou mayest be sure of two things; first, they will be more careful to keep thy counsel, because they have more to lose than thou hast; the second, they will esteem thee for thyself, and not for that which thou dost possess.

If any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou hast to spare; if he press thee further, he is not thy friend at all, for friendship rather chooseth harm to itself than offereth it. If thou be bound for a stranger, thou art a fool; if for a merchant, thou puttest thy estate to learn to swim.

We only make a dupe of the friend whose advice we ask, for we never tell him all; and it is usually what we have left unsaid that decides our conduct.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm & constant.

Friendship and Virtue

Moreover, one should so respect a friend's presence that he dare not perform anything shameful or speak any unbecoming word, since any fault so reflects on a friend that the friend not only blushes and grieves inwardly but also reproaches himself with what he sees or hears, as if he had committed the sin himself.

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure.

All that this world knows of living lies in giving -- and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.

The boldest stroke and best act of friendship is not to disclose our own failings to a friend, but to show him his own.

If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred--that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt...If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.

Although a friend may remain faithful in misfortune, yet none but the very best and loftiest will remain faithful to us after our errors and our sins.

If you have a friend that will reprove your faults and foibles, consider you enjoy a blessing which the king upon the throne cannot have.

There’s nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lend – An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest of your wishes, And spares your modesty the task His friendly aid to ask. A dream, a shadow, wakes his fear, When pointing at the object dear.

Friendship is necessary and ennobling; but impersonal despotism is destructive of all dignity and manly virtue.

A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby – take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.

Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise – a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.

Friendship as a Support System

Baize thinks I want his forgiveness, for us to be “buddies.” But friends make me rashy, and I’d trade likability for respectability any day of the week.

To over look a fault is to sow the seed for a friendship.

Seek not the favours of menFor man is fickleHis favours come at a priceAnd always changeChoose carefully your friendsFor a friend today could be a foe tomorrowFor such is the way of the worldTest your friends and if they pass the musterKeep them close to youFor they will be shield to you and you themKhoiSan Book of Wisdom

I needmy old friendPatienceto stop by andremind me towait and blindly trustwith more grace

Thus much for thy assurance know; a hollow friend is but a hellish foe.

Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.

You do have the idea of being ‘just good friends?’” He gave her a sideways look. “For so high and honorable an estate,” Roshaun said, “ ‘just’ seems a poor modifier to choose.

My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.

Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good--a mere stranger will do no harm.

If there is anything in life in which I take a pardonable pride, it is my friendship for certain old woodsmen and hunters; obscure men, as far as the world is concerned, but faithful friends, loyal comrades.

Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good – a mere stranger will do no harm.

A portable friend to all readers-especia lly but not only women-who need to learn that the Golden Rule works only if it’s reversible: We must learn to treat ourselves as well as we wish to treat others.

The Complexity of Friendship

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.

I noted with wry amusement how quickly she’d latched on to the idea that friends did favors expecting nothing in return. I wondered whether she understood the obligation side of friendship or merely its benefits.

Yes. She’s correct. We’re not friends. We are lufenes actually. But she’s had an overdose of magic, which has seemingly rendered her empathetically impotent.

I'd rather be befriended as an aimless lost soul than be befriended for adornment, gain or goal.

Blunders, no, only friendship binds us to honesty - attracting crypts of mushrooms in the wake of our snowboards.

A friend loves you for your intelligence, a mistress for your charm, but your family's love is unreasoning; you were born into it and are of its flesh and blood. Nevertheless it can irritate you more than any group of people in the world.

Besides, in this random miscellaneous company we may rub against some complete stranger who will, with luck, turn into the best friend we have in the world.

A friend loves you for your intelligence, a mistress for your charm, but your family’s love is unreasoning; you were born into it and are of its flesh and blood. Nevertheless it can irritate you more than any group of people in the world.

You don’t have to be stoned to crack up at a friend’s fantastic, perfect non sequitur.

Don’t mistake me, Treasure. I can offer you many things, but friendship ain’t one of them. Now, for once in your life, be a sensible girl and run away.

What do we ask of friendship except to be taken for what we pretend to be – and without having to pretend.

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship’.

The Nature of Friendship

Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend.

A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows; One should our interests and our passions be, My friend must hate the man that injures me.

At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry

All that this world knows of living lies in giving - and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.

Or perhaps in Slytherin, you'll make your real friends. Those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends.

To be omnipotent but friendless is to reign.

All that this world knows of living lies in giving – and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.

A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.

Pretend – inside your skin – you’ve got a friend, who’s willing to give you everything you ever wanted in exchange for all you’ve ever been.

Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.

Or perhaps in Slytherin, you’ll make your real friends. Those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends.

Friendship’s the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.

Friendship and Forgiveness

Amicu certus in re incerta cernitur' [A true friend is a friend when in difficulty]

No matter what happens, to either of us," says Sigrud, "you have always been a very good friend to m, Shara Komayd. I have known very few good people. But I think that you are one of them.

Never declare Fate your enemy; she does not take lightly declarations of war. Declare your friendship to her instead, and smile in hope of better days.

Avoid disgraceful and obscene person, whose friendship will bring you nothing but shame.

When two friends part they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments.

A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and forgive all the impassable alluvial filth in which they are submerged, and will be able to discover the diamonds in the filth.

There's nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lend— An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest of your wishes, And spares your modesty the task His friendly aid to ask. A dream, a shadow, wakes his fear, When pointing at the object dear.

e foundation to a good friendship is trust but the foundation to good comedy is by betraying your friends.

If this nice friendliness would spread out in Mordor, half our trouble would be over.

A sudden thought strikes me,-let us swear an eternal friendship.

Whenever people reach out the hand of friendship towards me, I am not going to refuse that hand.

At the shrine if friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry.

Other

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.

سعدی

When your friend becomes a king, treat him first as a king, then let him choose you as a friend. Acting otherwise is suicidal. Familiarity is evil.

what makes you my friend if you doubt my intentions?

The wounds inflicted by a friend are faithful, but an enemy's kisses are plentiful.

Friendship may well deserve the sacrifice of pleasure, though not of conscience.

Dear is my friend--yet from my foe, as from my friend, comes good: My friend shows what I can do, and my foe what I should.

No matter what happens, to either of us,” says Sigrud, “you have always been a very good friend to me, Shara Komayd. I have known very few good people. But I think that you are one of them.

In Princess Margaret I found a fine friend who could steady my restless nature and offer wise counsel.

An open foe may prove a curse but a pretended friend is worse.

A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

A true friend unbossoms freely, address justly, assists readily, adventure boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

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Patrick Wright

Software engineer and creator of Quotesperation. I curate wisdom from history's greatest minds to inspire and guide modern life. When I'm not collecting quotes, I'm writing about technology and finding connections between timeless wisdom and today's challenges.