George Orwell Quotes

Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me--

Who leaves the pine-tree, leaves his friend, Unnerves his strength, invites his end.

You have committed a crime against us and against the Revolution, Mayakovsky. All your words thunder with a voice like Niagara Falls. Mayakovsky, you have betrayed us.

… a man steeped in falsehood … who had recourse to the lie whenever it suits his convenience …. He would sell his grandmother for any advantage.

When you can't be loyal to your friends, I don't like that world.

Nobody could pile on the applesauce like Mickey. He was the best liar in the world - well, Frank Sinatra can tell a good story, too, but I don't believe he was ever unfaithful to me.

Eric Turner; man, that was my man a hundred grand.

Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.

And if he is lying and he double-crosses you, I’ll kill him for you.” From anyone else, it would have been an idle threat, and I smiled, feeling loved. (Ivy and Rachel)

He who purposely cheats his friend would cheat his God.

Holly clambered after him, struggling up the human-size steps. "Wait! Just wait," she called, overtaking Artemis and looking him in the eye from one step up. "I know you, Artemis. You like to play your genius card close to your chest until the big reveal. And that's worked out for us so far. But this time you need to let me in. I can help. So, tell me the truth, do you have a plan?" Artemis met his friend's gaze and lied to her face. "No," he said. "No plan.

For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel: Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him! This was the most unkindest cut of all

These palm trees like my old homeboys, hella shady

Tis more dishonourable to distrust a friend than to be deceived by him.

The treachery of a friend is worse than that of a foe.

Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy.

First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead

n the world, those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum.

It is often our best friends who throw us down.

The most disagreeable thing that your worst enemy says to your face does not approach what your best friends say behind your back.

He that openly tells, his friends all that he thinks of them, must expect that they will secretly tell his enemies much that they do not think of him.

As they spoke, the only thing I could think about was that scene from Julius Caesar where Brutus stabs him in the back. Et tu, Eric?

I understand the phrase "Honor the Women" all too well: the poet has probably a wife of his own, but he prefers to honor another.