31 Quotes About Fakeness

Fakeness has plagued middle America with a mentality of people that feel the need to keep up with the Jones and fit a certain mentality. Here is a look at some of the best quotes about fakeness that are encouraging.

“A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.”

“A persons character is shown through their actions in life NOT where they sit on Sunday.”

“Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.”

“An honest enemy is better than a best friend who lies.”

“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”

“Be very careful of who you share your problem with, remember that not every friend that smile at you is your best friend.”

“Fake friends are like autumn leaves, they’re scattered everywhere.”

“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.”

“Fake people talk about other people being fake. Real people worry about their business, and no one else’s.”

“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.”

“I’m not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.”

“In the beginning, some people try to appear that everything about them is “in black and white,” until later their true colors come out.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Most people want to see you to do better, but not doing better than them.”

“Mostly, I think people are fake. Well, what do you expect? The fake world we live in conspires to make us all fakes.”

“Pretend to be poor in reality and you’ll notice a decrease in your friends list and request.”

“Some girls get swept up in the lifestyle-clubbing and partying with celebrities. You can’t live your life like that, though. It’s fake.”

“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.”

“Someone who smiles too much with you can sometime frown too much with you at your back.”

“Sometimes, the silence between the two persons is better than their conversation especially when they are not of compatible ABC (Attitude, Behavior,Character).”

“Watch who you call friend, because friends are the same ones that will leak your business to everyone after yall not friends anymore.”

“We fake perfect so others don’t have to experience any unpleasant realities, because their life is just as fake as ours.”

“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.”

“What’s the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you’re so ugly on the inside?”

“When I see you, I think “I wonder which face she sees when she looks into the mirror.”

“When you are gunning to be like other people, you are foolishly repeating their mistakes, and the worst of it all is that you can’t even correct yours.”

“When you know the inside stories, no matter how good looks the cover, you just cannot appreciate it…”

“You always knew after shitty things happened, who your friends really were.”

“You got nothing to lose. You don’t lose when you lose fake friends.”

“You will never find the real truth among people that are insecure or have egos to protect. Truth over time becomes either guarded or twisted as their perspective changes; it changes with the seasons of their shame, love, hope or pride.”

Social media and modern day sites can encourage a mentality of fakeness.