Fake Friends Quotes give insight into the heartache that comes when realizing that someone you thought was your best friend was never really there for you. These quotes remind us that not everyone who smiles at us is a true friend, and it is important to be careful about who we let into our inner circle.
Lete these quotes encourage you to value authenticity and faithfulness in your relationships and to let go of those who bring deception or lies into your life. True friends are rare treasures, choose them wisely.
1. “A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.” – Benjamin Franklin

2. “A fake friend is worse than an enemy, an enemy you can see and avoid but to detect a fake friend is hard.” – Bangambiki Habyarimana
3. “Fake friends will only be there for you when it’s beneficial to them.” – Unknown
4. “Better an honest enemy than a false friend.” – German Proverb
5. “Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour.” –Habeeb Akande
6. “Fake friends believe in rumors. Real friends believe in you.” – Yolanda Hadid

7. “Fake friends are with you today and against you tomorrow.” – Shizra
8. “An honest enemy is better than a best friend who lies.” – Vandi Tanko
9. “Being too nice is almost a crime nowadays, fake friends are everywhere.” – Unknown
10. “Fake friends will believe the gossip about you, but real friends know better and stand by you.” – Unknown
11. “A fake friend is an enemy in disguise.” – Ellen J. Barrier

12. “A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” – Arnold H. Glasow
13. “Fake friends will disappear when you need them most.” – Unknown
14. “Fake friends are like autumn leaves, they’re scattered everywhere.” – Unknown
15. “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
16. “Fake friends are like plastic: if you’re finished using it, you can trash it.” – Unknown

17. “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
18. “Fake friends are like fake smiles, they look good but are meaningless.” – Unknown
19. “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 ready to destroy your legacies.” – Israelmore Ayivor
20. “A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!” – Doug Larson
21. “You never lose friends. You just discover who your real friends are.” – Unknown

22. “As you grow older, you realize it becomes less important to have more friends and more important to have real ones.” – Ziad k. Abdelnour
23. “A friendship that can cease has never been real.” – St. Jerome
24. “A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.” – Len Wein
25. “Fake friends are worse than real enemies.” – Unknown
26. “Don’t fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you.” – Unknown
27. “You don’t lose friends, because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends.” – Mandy Hale
28. “False friends leave you in times of trouble.” – Aesop
29. “An open enemy is better than a false friend.” – Greek Proverb
30. “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” – Thomas Aquinas
31. “It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company.” – George Washington
32. “Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.” – Lauren Conrad
33. “It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” – William Blake
34. “Time passes and you begin to see, people for who they really are and not who they pretend to be.” – Scarlett Deva Antaloczy
35. “True friends are like stars; you can only recognize them when it’s dark around you.” – Bob Marley
36. “An honest enemy is better than a false friend.” – German Proverb
37. “Fake friends show their true colors when they don’t need you anymore. Be aware. – Unknown
38. “True friends are like diamonds–bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style. Fake friends are like autumn leaves–found everywhere.” – Unknown
39. “A false friend is more dangerous than an open enemy.” – Francis Bacon
40. “A true friend is someone who is there for you when they would rather be anywhere else.” – Len Wein
41. “Fake friends are like clouds. When they disappear, it’s a beautiful day.” – Unknown
42. “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” – Ernest Hemingway
43. “False friends are like clouds; they disappear when the sun comes out.” – Unknown
44. “There are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t yet met.” – William Butler Yeats
45. “Fake friends are like mirrors. They show you what you want to see, not who you really are.” – Unknown
46. “The best way to deal with fake friends is to stay true to yourself.” – Unknown
47. “Fake friends are like shadows, they follow you in the sun but leave you in the dark.” – Victoria Hanley
48. “Sometimes it’s better to have no friends than to have fake ones.” – Unknown
49. “You don’t lose friends because real friends can never be lost.” – Mandy Hale
50. “A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” – Arnold Glasgow
51. “People don’t change. They just take their masks off.” – Unknown
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