Shirley Hazzard Quotes

There were people whom I considered friends or loved ones who either abandoned me or betrayed me in ways I'd never have suspected. But there were others who had been barely acquaintances of mine whose loyalty and efforts on my behalf made me realize that not everyone was as inherently rotten as I'd previously believed. So it caused a violent split in my view of humanity - people turned out to be far worse and far better than I'd ever dreamed possible.

Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.

I've had friends who've lied to me, I've had friends who've done things behind my back, I've had people steal from me - and it doesn't stop me from trusting.

What, I should only trust good people? Man, good people get bought and sold every day. Might as well trust somebody evil once in a while, it makes no more or less sense.

No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a friend,and there are many more of these than one would suspect.

It is a miserable thing to have people writing about your private life while you are alive. I have tried to stop it all that I could but there have been many abuses by people I trusted. You cannot stop trusting people in life but I have learned to be a little bit careful. The way to make people trust-worthy is to trust them.

A friend once said, and I found to be true,That everyday people, they lie to God too,So what makes you think, that they won't lie to you.

Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.

Spying among friends is never acceptable.

Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.

I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.

My husband came up to Hot Rocks to check up on me, why is still unknown to me because if I was to cheat on him it wouldn't be in a neighborhood bar where he knows I am.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

I am not afraid of my enemies, but by God, you must look out when you get among your friends.

The hardest thing to do is to trust people.

I place an enormous premium on loyalty. If someone betrays me, I can forgive them rationally, but emotionally I have found it impossible to do so.

Sometimes you don't know who you can and cannot trust. I still learn that over and over again.

You either trust someone day one until they prove you wrong, or you say, 'I don't trust you until you show me I can trust you.' I'm the latter.

There is nothing that you could say to me now that I could ever believe.

Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Do not betray the people.

Trust not a new friend or an old enemy.

When self-interested motives are strengthened by the apprehension of any danger, there are few persons who will not be induced by them to betray even their best friend.

For years we have been giving their political leadership the benefit of the doubt, and now only doubt remains.