“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
“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
True friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but they are always there. – Habeeb Akande
“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
You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you. – Sophie Kinsella
“Stop texting first and see how many dead plants you’ve been watering.”
Fake friends get mad when we don’t pretend to like them. – Carlos Wallace
“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
“People may not always tell you how they feel about you, but they will always show you. Pay attention.” – Keri Hilson
Some of my “best friends” never say a word to me. – Emily Smallmon
“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
Friends are supposed to make you feel better about yourself. Just remember that.” – Unknown
“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
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
“People only throw shade on what’s shining.” — Genereux Philip
Sometimes you put up walls – not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. – Socrates
“Someone who smiles too much with you can sometimes frown too much with you at your back.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
Convince people that you need them, and watch what they do. – Wayne Gerard Trotman
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Sad But True Fake Friend Quotes
When they see you’re doing better without them, that’s when they want you back.
Girlfriends in conflict are sitting on the bench and sulking at each other
“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
“People don’t change. They just take their masks off.”
“We never lose friends; fake ones are exposed.” – Carlos Wallace
They don’t miss you when you’re gone. They miss you when you move on.
“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
“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
Some people were only friends because you saw them five times a week.
“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
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
Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions. – Will Smith
If you text, call, visit and still get ignored, walk away. It’s called self-respect.
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Fake Friend Quotes About Letting Go
“When dealing with two faced people, it is difficult to know which face is uglier, the real one or the manufactured one.”- Matshona Dhliwayo
Teen, a young and lonely girl standing in the corridor at break time shy, depressed and unhappy child inside an educational building. The sad youth looks away from students who are bullying her
“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.
Fake friends only reach out when they need something
“They never reply you back, but then you see them active on their social media.” -Ayaz Ahmad
Stop texting first and count how many dead plants you have been watering.
Parents notice your fake friends before you do.
You don’t lose anything when you lose fake friends.
Stop giving chances to those who don’t deserve them.
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Betrayal Fake Friends Quotes
“The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.” – Unknown
“Believe me Fake Friends are the most dangerous livingthings on the Earth.” – Ayaz Ahmad
Don’t fear the enemies who attack you, fear the fake friends that hug you.
“Best friends have 11 letters, but so does backstabber.” — Wiz Khalifa
“Sometimes the person you’d take a bullet for ends up being behind the gun.” — Tupac
“Fake friends are with you today and against you tomorrow.” — Shizra
“Make sure the lions you roll with aren’t snakes in disguise.” — Beenereux Philip
A friend that stabs you in the back is worse than an enemy that slaps you in the face.
“You don’t need enmity/enimies when you have fake friends in your life.” -Ayaz Ahmad
“Flee from fake friends. There is nothing called half-truth. Whatever looks like a lie is a lie!”- Israelmore Ayivor
“Don’t be fooled by their masks. Fake people eventually show their true colors. Just wait until their mask needs cleaning.” – Sonya Parker
“Those who clap you on the back with one hand may clench envy’s mask behind theirs with the other.”- Stewart Stafford
Two-Faced Fake Friends Quotes
“I hate two-faced people. It is so hard to decide which face to slap first.” – Unknow
“Stop entertaining two-faced people. You know the ones who have split personalities and untrustworthy habits.”- Amaka Imani Nkosazana
“The most dangerous among us come dressed as angels, and we learn too late they are the devil in disguise.” – Carlos Wallace
“Neither a fake friend nor a liar can be trusted, with a secret.”- Ellen J. Barrier
“It is only the great-hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly can never know what true friendship means.” – Charles Kingsley
“The best defense is to keep off the radar of negative people.” – Steven Redhead
“True friends accept you for what you are, wart and all.” – Jeffrey Michael
“It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.” – Mandy Hale
“Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm, not the exception.” – Carlos Wallace
“Friends ask you questions; enemies question you.” – Criss Jami
“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.
“A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.”- Benjamin Franklin
“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
“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
“Fake people are like pennies, two-faced and worthless.” – Unknown
Savage Fake Friends Quotes
“I love straightforward people. The lack of drama makes life so much easier.” – Unknown
“Fake friends: once they stop talking to you, they start talking about you.” – Unknown
“Fake people are like costume jewelry: They look great for a while, then all of a sudden, their true selves ‘shine’ through.” – Nitya Prakash
“Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.” – Sara Shepard
“If you want to be my friend, I prefer honesty to fake praise. I was never one to run with the wolves.” – Christina Strigas
“The problem with wearing a facade is that sooner or later life shows up with a big pair of scissors.”- Craig D. Lounsbrough
“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’m so tired of fake friends, drama, liars, being ignored, getting hurt.” – Unknown
“I just trust my intuition, taking into account the psychology of things. Therefore, I am not persuaded by facts, but by behaviors.” – Maria Karvouni
“A friend to all is a friend to none.” – Aristotle
“An honest enemy is better than a best friend who lies.”- Vandi Tanko
“Don’t trust everything you see. Even salt looks like sugar.” – Narges Obaid
“Only when you are in trouble do you realize who your true friends are… And, my dear, you will be surprised!”- Charbel Tadros
Sassy Fake Friends Quotes
“If you are not going to be a comfort, have the decency to be an empty space.” – Jennifer Crusie
“Letting go means to realize that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli
“Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. They pretend to be your friend first.” – Steve Irwin
“Thank God I found the GOOD in goodbye.” – Beyoncé Knowles
“Fake friends tell you pretty lies; true friends tell you ugly truths.” – Unknown
“Cut off fake people for real reasons, not real people for fake reasons.” – Ritu Ghatourey
“It makes no sense to try to extend a fake friendship that was only meant to be a season into a lifetime.” – Mandy Hale
“When people can walk away from you, let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.” – T.D. Jakes
“I realize there is something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they are experts at letting things go.” – Jeffrey McDaniel
“What’s the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you’re so ugly on the inside?” – Jess C. Scott
“You cannot expect to live a positive life if you hang with negative people.”- Joel Osteen
“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 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
“Act like you trust people, but don’t.” – Mayank Chawla
