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It's true. It hurts the most.

A betrayer just reveals who they really are.

No relationship is beyond betrayal.

You can only be betrayed by someone you trust.

Don't trust anyone. It's your only defense.

Being betrayed by a close family member hurts more than any other.

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It's hard to tell genuine family members from those who are likely to betray you.

You simply never saw it coming.

Home can never be the same after the betrayal.

The reason I don't visit anymore.

Stay away from family members who will betray you at the drop of a hat and play the victim.

Take your fair share of responsibility and move on.

If a family member is saying bad things about you behind your back, it's probably best not to trust them.

Believe their actions, not their words.

You might be forced to give up on them.

The unfortunate truth about being betrayed by family.

Some people betray you as soon as they have no more use for you.

After a betrayal, you forget all the good things about the person. The only thing you can remember is the pain they caused.

It's hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it. - Nicole Richie

To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal. - Malcolm X

Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It’s what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don’t let them take that from you. - Sherrilyn Kenyon

If you're betrayed, release disappointment at once. By that way, the bitterness has no time to take root. - Toba Beta

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks. - Arthur Miller

Each betrayal begins with trust.— Martin Luther

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.– Arthur Miller

Even loss and betrayal can bring us awakening.— Buddha

It is better to have an enemy who honestly says they hate you.

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?– Jean Renoir

Betrayal is about learning not to idealize external sources. – Linda Talley

The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.

They can betray me, but I choose not be betray my peace of mind.– Dodinsky

There is something wrong with your character if opportunity controls your loyalty.

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

Betrayal is common for men with no conscience. - Toba Beta

Betrayal is never easy to handle and there is no right way to accept it. - Christine Feehan

Only those you trust can betray you. - Terry Goodkind

Trust, once lost, could not be easily found. Not in a year, perhaps not even in a lifetime. - J.E.B. Spredemann

Sometimes your dearest friend whom you reveal most of your secrets to becomes so deadly and unfriendly without knowing that they were not really your friend. - Michael Bassey Johnson

Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it. - Sara Gruen

Pride had kept her running when love had betrayed her. - Susan Elizabeth Phillips

When you care about someone, you can’t just turn that off because you learn they betrayed you. - Paula Stokes

It's a shame that the very people who you protect are the first ones to turn there backs on you. - Autumn Kohler

We are not wounded so deeply when betrayed by the things we hope for as when betrayed by things we try our best to despise. In such betrayal comes the dagger in the back. - Yukio Mishima

In life you can easily trust someone, but once the trust is broken its very difficult to trust anyone again. - Sushan Sharma

So this was betrayal. It was like being left alone in the desert at dusk without water or warmth. It left your mouth dry and will broken. It sapped your tears and made you hollow. - Anna Godbersen

One should rather die than be betrayed. There is no deceit in death. It delivers precisely what it has promised. Betrayal, though, is the willful slaughter of hope. - Steven Deitz

The point was to learn what it was we feared more: being misunderstood or being betrayed. - Adam Levin

Some scars don't hurt. Some scars are numb. Some scars rid you of the capacity to feel anything ever again. - Joyce Rachelle

The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood. - Maya Angelou

I think there are two different oceans, the one that plays with you in the summer, and the one that gets so mad in the winter. - Jodi Picoult

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself. - Titus Livius

Innocence invites protection, yet we might be smarter to protect ourselves against it. - Megan Johns

It's not just about who's being real to your face, but also about who's being real behind your back. - Anonymous

Grow a thick skin, a very thick skin. And watch your back. For every back, there is a knife. - Lily Chatterjee

It's particularly hard to take being stabbed in the back close to home. There's always a feeling of betrayal when people of your own group oppose you. - Catharine MacKinnon

There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays his trust. - Muhammad

There is tremendous trauma in the betrayal caused by a perpetual liar as they repeatedly commit psychological abuse. - Cathy Burnham Martin

You can't keep snakes in your backyard and expect them only to bite your neighbors. You know, eventually those snakes are going to turn on whoever has them in the backyard. - Hillary Clinton

All trust involves vulnerability and risk, and nothing would count as trust if there were no possibility of betrayal. - Robert C. Solomon

For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first. - Suzanne Collins

Words don’t have the power to hurt you, unless that person meant more to you than you are willing to confess. - Shannon L. Alder

While stabbing someone's back, you recklessly expose your own. - Matshona Dhliwayo

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. - William Blake

Those who don’t know the value of loyalty can never appreciate the cost of betrayal. - Anonymous

The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies. - Anonymous

Betrayal can be extremely painful, but it's up to you how much that pain damages you permanently. - Emily V. Gordon

A betrayal in a family is much more devastating than a betrayal among friends, or even lovers. - Ari Aster

The knives of betrayal cut deep, and it hurts. But they also trim away the nonsense and reveal your real friends. - Steve Maraboli

It’s hard to trust somebody when the one person who you completely opened up to is the person who later completely betrayed you. - Anonymous

I think if people could step inside a person who has been betrayed by the love of their life and feel the agony it causes, no one who is human would have it in their heart to cause someone that much pain and heartache. - Anonymous

Betrayal is one of my biggest fears. Betrayal happens on many different levels all the time, and there is no worse feeling than realizing someone you thought you could trust has gone against you. - Katie Lee

You want to believe that there's one relationship in life that's beyond betrayal. A relationship that's beyond that kind of hurt. And there isn't. - Caleb Carr

Familial betrayal is, to me, the most heartbreaking kind because if you can't trust your family to love you and protect you, who can you really trust? - Alexandra Bracken

Trust can be lost within seconds, takes a lifetime to regain, and is never as strong again afterward.

Beware the person who stabs you and tells the world they’re the one who’s bleeding.– Jill Blakeway

Betrayal is never easy to handle and there is no right way to accept it.– Christine Feehan

Trust is not established in the absence of betrayal, but in those whose betrayal is least. – Wes Fessler

That was how dishonesty and betrayal started, not in big lies but in small secrets.— Amy Tan

Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.— Lauren Conrad

Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on the other side. – Barbara Kingsolver

The knives of betrayal and drama cut deep and hurt… but they also trim away the nonsense and reveal your true friends.– Steve Maraboli

Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure, intrigue, betrayal. – Deepak Chopra

Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.— Ziad K. Abdelnour

Sometimes you don’t need to hear their excuses or what they have to say for themselves because their actions already spoke the truth.

All trust involves vulnerability and risk, and nothing would count as trust if there were no possibility of betrayal. – Robert C. Solomon

Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn’t matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.— George Orwell

Cheating is directly linked to lack of intelligence, insecurity, low self-esteem, and an overall sense of unhappiness with one’s own life.

Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It’s what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don’t let them take that from you. – Sherrilyn Kenyon

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Don’t fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you.

Friends are supposed to be there for you when you cry, not the reason you cry.

Betray a friend and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself.— Aesop

The lesser the friends, the lesser the chances of betrayal.— Tupac Shakur

We’re not friends, we’re not enemies, we’re just strangers with some memories.

Don’t be sorry. I trusted you. My mistake, not yours.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Some of the most poisonous people come disguised as friends.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.— William Shakespeare

The saddest thing about betrayal in that it never comes from your enemies.

Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. – Terry Goodkind

You know that you have been stabbed when you feel the deep pain of betrayal.– Les Parrott

Better to have an enemy who slaps you in the face than a friend who stabs you in the back.

The worst feeling in the world is knowing you’ve been used and lied to by someone you trusted.

Breaking someone’s trust is like crumpling up a perfect piece of paper. You can smooth it over but it’s never going to be the same again.

It’s hard to tell who has your back from who has it long enough just to stab you in it.— Nicole Richie

Be careful who you tell your feelings to because some people are waiting for the opportunity to use them against you.

‘It was a mistake,’ you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you. – David Levithan

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.– Tennessee Williams

I will take his secret to the grave, telling people along the way. Betrayal is no sin if it is whimsical.– Tom Stoppard

The worst kind of hurt is betrayal, because it means that someone will willing to hurt you just to make themselves feel better.

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don’t believe there is a single person I loved that I didn’t eventually betray.— Albert Camus

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

Two people who were once very close can without blame or grand betrayal become strangers. Perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world.— Warsan Shire

Betrayal doesn’t only break your heart but also darkens your soul. You’ll never forget the pain like a fog that forever lingers in the depths of your mind.

Beware the person who stabs you and then tells the world they’re the world they’re the one who’s bleeding.– Jill Blakeway

I’m not crying because of you; you’re not worth it. I’m crying because my delusion of who you were was shattered by the truth of who you are. – Steve Maraboli

An honest enemy is better than a false friend. When in doubt, pay more attention to what people do and less to what they say. Actions not only speak louder than words, they are more difficult to fake.– Zero Dean

It’s hard to trust somebody when the one person who you completely opened up to is the person who later completely betrayed you.

There is a big difference between being betrayed by an enemy and being betrayed by a friend. The latter hurts more.

Don’t waste words on people who deserve your silence. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all.

Life has taught me that you can’t control someone’s loyalty. No matter how good you are to them, doesn’t mean that they will treat you the same. No matter how much they mean to you, doesn’t mean that they’ll value you the same. Sometimes the people you love the most, turn out to be the people you can trust the least.

The knives of betrayal and drama cut deep and hurt… but they also trim away the nonsense and reveal your true friends.– Steve Maraboli

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I trusted you, but now your words mean nothing because your actions spoke the truth.

Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.– John le Carre

Forgive yourself for the blindness that let others betray you. Sometimes a good heart doesn’t see the bad.

Betrayal answers betrayal, the mask of love is answered by the disappearance of love.— Albert Camus

What had seemed like love was betrayal.

Betrayal can only happen if you love. – John le Carre

When someone betrays you, it is a reflection of their character, not yours.

I didn’t fall in love with you, I fell in love with the person you pretended to be.

For me, I always wonder what’s worse: an emotional betrayal or a physical betrayal? That’s a really tough call.– Hilarie Burton

Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see it as a betrayal of their goals and interests. – Louis Farrakhan

Love comes to those who still hope after disappointment, who still believes after betrayal, and who still love after they’ve been hurt.

Love and marriage are wonderful arenas in which to place a character. We are most likely to risk our morals and beliefs while in love. Betrayal gives tremendous insights into a character as well.– Anita Shreve

Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed, and rare.– Brene Brow

To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal. – Malcolm X

Betrayal is one of my biggest fears. Betrayal happens on many different levels all the time, and there is no worse feeling than realizing someone you thought you could trust has gone against you. – Katie Lee

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Nothing hurts more than being disappointed by the single person you thought would never hurt you.

Sometimes the people closest to you betray you, and your home isn’t a place you can be happy anymore. – Kristin Cast

Familial betrayal is, to me, the most heartbreaking kind – because if you can’t trust your family to love you and protect you, who can you really trust?– Alexandra Bracken

Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That’s really where failure comes.– Tom Cochrane

Betrayal is so emotionally charged because the act of betrayal violates a couple’s core agreement- the promise to care for each other and keep each other safe.

Betrayal can be extremely painful, but it’s up to you how much that pain damages you permanently.– Emily V. Gordon

Betrayal leaves us at a fork in the road. We can become stuck in a bad moment forever or we can put it behind us for good. We decide our path.– Carmen Harra

Familial betrayal is, to me, the most heartbreaking kind – because if you can’t trust your family to love you and protect you, who can you really trust? – Alexandra Bracken

Blood makes you related, Loyalty makes you family.

Blame and betrayal are the emotional enemies of improvement.

Let’s call cheating what it is: a complete betrayal of trust.— Greg Behrendt

Life is not about who’s real to your face, it’s about who’s real behind your back.

Those who don’t know the value of loyalty can never appreciate the cost of betrayal.

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You’re fluent in lies, excuses and bullshit.

I hope karma slaps in your face before I do.

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

Loyalty is from above, betrayal is from below.

Betrayal is hard especially if you really trust him/her.

Better to be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie.

I’ve suffered betrayal with all five senses. For over a year.

All a man can betray is his conscience.– Joseph Conrad

Zero tolerance for Betrayal.

Betrayal betrays the betrayer.

Surrounded by snakes and fakes.

The real betrayal is forgetting yourself.

Every Betrayal begins with Trust.

Betrayal would be a different sort of sick.