150 Fake Friends Quotes and Sayings to Recognize and Move On
Not everyone who smiles with you is your friend, and recognizing the difference can be tough.
Which is why we have put together a list of all the best fake friends quotes for your next post.
And if you’re looking for short sayings about fake friends for Instagram, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Fake Friends Quotes for Instagram
“Some of my “best friends” never say a word to me.” – Emily Smallmon
“God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.” – William Shakespeare
“I just trust my intuition, taking into account the psychology of things. Therefore, I am not persuaded by facts, but by behaviors.” – Maria Karvouni
“If you claim to be a real friend, then be real in your soul. If you claim to be fake, then be an enemy instead.” – Santosh Kalwar
“The most dangerous among us come dressed as angels, and we learn too late they are the devil in disguise.” – Carlos Wallace
“Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.” – Lauren Conrad
“So much of what we learn about love is taught by people who never really loved us.” – R.H. Sins
“You can’t fake listening. It shows.” – Raquel Welch
“Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care.” – Hikigaya Hachiman
“The best defense is to keep off the radar of negative people.” – Steven Redhead
“Life is all about losing friends, the people you know. So, just that you get better at finding the ones worth suffering for.” – Mohit Kaushik
“You will never have to question the intentions or integrity of people who have your best interest at heart.” – Germany Kent
“It’s funny how the people who know the least about you, always have the most to say.” – Auliq Ice
“The sieves of time filter out the fakes from the real. Don’t look back for them; they were filtered out for your refinement.” – Drishti Bablani
“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
“We fear our enemy but the bigger and real fear is that of a fake friend who is sweetest to your face and most vile behind your back.” – Mufti Ismail Menk
“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
“Someone who smiles too much with you can sometime frown too much with you at your back.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
“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
“Be very careful of who you share your problem with, remember that not every friend that smile at you is your best friend.” – Kemmy Nola
“It is hard to deal with someone who smiles and pretends to like you to your face and sticks that eight inch blade in your back when you turn around.” – Nishan Panwar
“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
“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
“True friends are like diamonds, precious and rare. Fake friends are like autumn leaves, found everywhere.” – Ari Joseph
“They’re not happy for you because they wish it were them.” – Carlos Wallace
“Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.” – Shania Twain
“Fake friends get mad when we don’t pretend to like them.” – Carlos Wallace
“Fake people talk about other people being Fake. Real people worry about their business and nobody else’s.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
“Having fake friends is like hugging cactus. The tighter you hug, the more pain you get.” – Riza Prasetyaningsih
“Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm, not the exception.” – Carlos Wallace
“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
“A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.” – Benjamin Franklin
“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
“Time alone can prove the worth of friendship. As time goes by we lose the the false ones and keep the best. True friends stay when all the rest are gone.” – Ritu Ghatourey
“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
“A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure.” – Edward Bulwer-Lytton
“Most people want to see you to do better, but not doing better than them.” – London Mond
“An honest enemy is better than a best friend who lies.” – Vandi Tanko
“Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.” – Sara Shepard
“Pretend to be poor in reality and you’ll notice a decrease in your friends list and request.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
“Fake friends are like autumn leaves, they’re scattered everywhere.” – Author Unknown
“You always knew after sh— things happened, who your friends really were.” – Jodi Picoult
“Better an honest enemy than a false friend.” – German Proverb
“Watch who you call friend, because friends are the same ones that will leak your business to everyone after y’all not friends anymore.” – Ritu Ghatourey
“I’ve 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
“Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.” – George R.R. Martin
“Everybody isn’t your friend. Just because they hang around you and laugh with you doesn’t mean they’re for you.” – Trent Shelton
“Don’t pretend to be what you’re not, instead, pretend to be what you want to be. It is not pretense, it is a journey to self-realization.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
“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
“Make sure the lions you roll with aren’t snakes in disguise.” – Genereux Philip
“It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.” – Mandy Hale
“Tell people how it is, be real, and be honest. If you see something wrong, make sure you speak up. Being this way will naturally eliminate the snakes and fakes.” – John Maiorana
“Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.” – Adrienne Rich
“I no longer have the energy for meaningless friendships, forced interactions, or unnecessary conversations.” – Joquesse Eugenia
“Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. They pretend to be your friend first.” – Steve Irwin
“What greater wound is there than a false friend?” – Sophocles
“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 is, people are being hated when they’re real and loved when they’re fake.” – Bob Marley
“Have trouble spotting a selfish person? It’s about their schedule, their needs, their hurt feelings, their ideas, their goals, their…” – Shanen Thomas
“You got nothing to lose. You don’t lose when you lose fake friends.” – Joan Jett
“Keep talking about me behind my back, and watch God keep blessing me in front of your face.” – Author Unknown
“Every coin has two sides, just like most people have two faces.” – Author Unknown
“I used to think enemies were the worst people in the world, but that was until I met fake friends and realized that they’re a lot worse.” – Author Unknown
“The same person that speaks highly of you will be the same person that downs you. Be careful who you call friends.” – Author Unknown
“Better to have an enemy who slaps you in the face than a friend who stabs you in the back.” – Author Unknown
“An enemy, who is honest and shows his/her hate openly is better than a friend who is liar and putting you down secretly.” – Author Unknown
“A false friend, a friendly fraud: both are like thieves.” – Yoruba Proverb
“A false friend is like the shadow of a sundial.” – French Proverb
“Friends are like melons. Shall I tell you why? To find a good one, you must a hundred try.” – Claude Mermet
“To betray you must first belong. I never belonged.” – Kim Philby
“If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.” – E.M. Forster
“Brother, even by our mother’s dust, I charge you, do not betray me to your mirth or hate.” – John Ford
“In one respect indeed, our employment may be reckoned dishonest, because, like great Statesmen, we encourage those who betray their friends.” – John Gay
“Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?” – Jean Renoir
“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.” – Jim Morrison
“A friend to all is a friend to none.” – Aristotle
“A friendship founded on business is good deal better than a business founded on friendship.” – John D. Rockefeller
“A lot of problems in the world would disappear if we talk to each other instead of about each other.” – unknown
“A person’s character is shown through their actions in life NOT where they sit on Sunday.” – Navonne Johns
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
“A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!” – Doug Larson
“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” – Arnold H. Glasow
“Be yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.” – Suzy Kassem
“Betray a friend and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself.” – Aesop
“Don’t fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you.” – unknown
“Fake friends are like shadows: they follow you in the sun, but leave your side when it gets dark.” – unknown
“Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.” – George Washington Carver
“Friends are born, not made.” – Henry Adams
“Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It’s also about mutual help, not about exploitation.” – Paul Theroux
“Friendship is delicate as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will always be cracks.” – Waqar Ahmed
“I hate two faced people, it makes it harder for me to decide which side to slap first.” – unknown
“If it comes, let it come. If it goes, it’s ok, let it go. Let things come and go. Stay calm, don’t let anything disturb your peace, and carry on.” – Germany Kent
“In fact a lot of problems in this world would disappear if we talk to each other instead of about each other.” – unknown
“In life, you have a choice: Bitter or Better? Choose better, forget bitter.” – Nick Vujicic
“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” – William Blake
“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.” – Confucius
“It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, can never know what true friendship means.” – Charles Kingsley
“It’s hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it…” – Nicole Richie
“Knowledge planted in truth grows in truth. Strength born of peace loses nothing to hate.” – Aberjhani
“Learn to use the criticism as fuel and you will never run out of energy.” – Orrin Woodward
“Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself.” – Hussein Nishah
“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
“Lovers have a right to betray you, friends don’t.” – Judy Holliday
“Many people would be scared if they saw in the mirror, not their faces..but their character.” – unknown
“My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.” – Mitch Hedberg
“Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.” – Confucius
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” – Alice Walker
“Once they stop talking to you, they start talking about you.” – unknown
“Share your weaknesses. Share your hard moments. Share your real side. It’ll either scare away every fake person in your life or it will inspire them to finally let go of that mirage called ‘perfection,’ which will open the doors to the most important relationships you’ll ever be a part of.” – Dan Pearce
“Some people are going to leave, but that’s not the end your story. That’s the end of their part in your story.” – unknown
“Some people think that the truth can be hidden 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
“Sometimes, you have to give up on people. Not because you don’t care but because they don’t.” – Jennifer Green
“Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.” – Mineko Iwasaki
“The friendship that can cease has never been real.” – St. Jerome
“The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.” – William Penn
“The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals and dreams. The weak-minded become haters.” – Steve Maraboli
“The worst part about success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.” – Bette Midler
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” – Jane Austen
“This is what happens. You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you.” – Sophie Kinsella
“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
“True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.” – Henry David Thoreau
“What’s the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you’re so ugly on the inside?” – Jess C. Scott
“You cannot always trust what you see. Even salt looks like sugar.” – unknown
“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
Fake Friends Sayings
Cutting fake people out of my life does not mean I am petty. It means I respect myself.
The best way to move on from a fake friend is to focus on the real ones.
Fake friends fade away.
Fake friends are like cold weather: it’s bound to change, and you can’t rely on them.
I may not have the prettiest face for Instagram, but at least my heart is real.
Surround yourself with those who want you to succeed; cut out those who only wish to see you stumble.
True friends are like diamonds, hard to find but worth keeping; fake friends are like leaves, everywhere but without substance.
When you remove the mask of a fake friend, you’re left with nothing but a stranger.
Don’t be upset when people reject you. Nice things are rejected by those who can’t afford them.
Fake friends are like shadows: they follow you in the light but vanish in the dark.
I’d rather have no friends than fake ones. Quality over quantity.
A fake friend is worse than an enemy, for they harm you with a smile.
The moment you start to see through the facade of a fake friend, you gain true vision.
Real friends don’t come and go like the seasons. Fake ones are just like autumn leaves.
You don’t lose when you lose fake friends; you only make room for the genuine.
If you have to question someone’s loyalty, then they were never truly loyal to begin with.
Fake friends are like parasites; they only attach when there’s something to gain.
A true friend sees the first tear, catches the second, and stops the third. A fake friend doesn’t even notice.
It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company.
Fake friends are only there for the good times, but true friends are there for all times.
When you stop pretending to be someone you’re not, you’ll find out who your real friends are.
A fake friend will always be jealous of your success, but a real friend will celebrate it.
Fake friends are like mirrors; they show you what you want to see, not what is.
Eliminating fake friends from your life isn’t a loss, it’s a liberation.
The best way to spot a fake friend is by observing who stands by you when the storm hits.
Quality over quantity, always.
