This collection of fake people quotes and sayings highlights many of the things folks don’t like in personal qualities. Remember, it’s best to hate the behavior and not the person.
The attention that this type of person receives has risen to new heights in today’s society. Some can become so accustomed to their second face that they start living lives of lies.
They find it increasingly hard to tell what is true and what is not. Their action can harm friends and family, but long term, it’s usually the most harmful to themselves.
Here are some sayings to shed some light on what can be at times a troubling topic.
Quotes About Fake People
I hate fake people. You know what I’m talking about. Mannequins.
Jarod Kintz
You got nothing to lose. You don’t lose when you lose fake friends.
Joan Jett
Sometimes it’s not the people who change, it’s the mask that falls off.
Haruki Murakami
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
Good Fake People Quotations
Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.
Sara Shepard
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
William Shakespeare
When you see the genuine, you don’t deal with the fakes anymore.
Nima Davani
At the end of the day real situations expose fake people so pay attention.
Trent Shelton
Don’t be fooled by their mask. Fake people eventually show their true colors. Just wait until their mask needs cleaning.
Unknown
What’s the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you’re so ugly on the inside?
Jess C. Scott
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.
Michael Bassey Johnson
The thing about chameleoning your way through life is that it gets to where nothing is real.
John Green
Someone who smiles too much with you can sometime frown too much with you at your back.
Michael Bassey Johnson
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Quotes About People Being Fake
Fake friends are easy to find and easy to lose, but real friends are the hardest to find and hardest to lose.
Unknown
I would rather have an honest enemy rather than fake friends.
Unknown
Fake people have no identity; they are just a number, not anywhere near a comma.
Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I may not be perfect but at least I am not fake.
Unknown
Fake is as old as the Eden tree.
Orson Welles
My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.
Mitch Hedberg
Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care.
Unknown
A fake friend is an enemy in disguise.
Ellen J. Barrier
Life is full of fake people before you decide to judge them make sure you are not one of them.
Unknown
Sometimes I wish people were like money so when I put them in the light I know which ones are real.
Unknown
Insincere Quotations
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
Plautus
…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
The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don’t let them put you in that position.
Leo Buscaglia
I would so much rather have a few of good friends than a lot of fake friends.
Lauren Conrad
Sometimes it’s a good thing to have fake people in this world. It helps you find out who your real friends are.
Unknown
The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
When they show you their true colors, don’t try to paint a pretty picture with it.
Unknown
It’s better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.
Tom Ripley, as played by Matt Damon.
I hate two-faced people. It’s so hard to decide which face to slap first.
Unknown
And you don’t have to care, so don’t pretend. Nobody needs a best fake friend.
James Bay
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.
Unknown
Tip: Some of these fake people quotes should be used with care.
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Plastic People Sayings
Just be truthful – and if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
Barbara Stanwyck
Fake friends tell you the pretty lies. True friends tell you the ugly truth.
Unknown
I despise the rituals of fake friendship. I wish we could just claw each other’s eyes out and call it a day.
Jody Gehrman
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
Groucho Marx
If you’re going to be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.
Marilyn Monroe
Fake friends are like autumn leaves, they’re scattered everywhere.
Unknown
The fakest people are the ones that brag about being real.
Unknown
A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.
Benjamin Franklin
People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world.
Unknown
Fake Friends Quotes
A fake friend is an enemy in disguise.
Ellen J. Barrier
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
Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.
Sara Shepard
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
A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (English writer and politician in the 1800s)
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.
Dalai Lama
I’d rather eat crumbs with bums, than steaks with snakes.
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
Some friends are like pennies: two-faced and worthless.
Unknown
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
Two-Faced Quotes
Sweetie, if you’re going to be two-faced, at least make one of them pretty.
Marilyn Monroe
Insecure people often falsify the past in order to make the future pure.
Shannon Alder
Sincerity – if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
George Burns
Don’t fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend who hugs you.
Unknown
People will stab you in the back and then ask why you’re bleeding.
Unknown
When folks are two-faced, the only thing you know for sure is that you can’t depend on either of them.
Unknown
Bad people remind me of pennies – two-faced and not worth much.
Unknown
I learned to identify false love from true ones by their fruits, humbleness, and how free they were from worldly desires.
Santosh Avvannavar
Advise About Fake Friends
Fake friends believe in rumors. Real friends believe in you.
Yolanda Hadid
Goodbye is the best ever gift that you can receive from worse friends.
Israelmore Ayivor
Cutting fake people out of my life does not mean that I am petty. It just means that I respect myself.
Unknown
Fake friends are with you today and against you tomorrow. Whatever they say defines them not you.
Shira
If they talk about other people with you, they will talk about you with other people.
Carlos Wallace
Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.
Shania Twain
Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions.
Will Smith
Be very careful of who you share your problem with; remember that not every friend that smiles at you is your best friend.
Kemmy Nola
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King Jr.
False Friendship Quotes
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
Fake friends get mad when we don’t pretend to like them.
Carlos Wallace
It’s hard to tell who has your back from who has it long enough just to stab you in it.
Nicole Richie
Fake friends are everywhere around you. They will use you and, when you are of no use, throw you away like a wrapper .
Shizra
You won’t need to explain your side of the story to a true friend. You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you.
Sophie Kinsella
Sometimes the person you’d take a bullet for ends up being behind the gun.
Tupac
The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.
Unknown
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
Fake People
Life is too short for fake butter or fake people.
Karen Salmansohn
The word “friend” is a label anyone can try on. You decide who is best suited to wear it.
Carlos Wallace
No one forced you to love me, so why did you need to pretend? Your lies have left me heartbroken. Shami Paulin
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
The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.
Bette Midler
Share your weaknesses. Share your hard moments. (And) 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 willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.
Lauren Conrad
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.
Buddha
Phony Friends
Having fake friends is like hugging cactus. The tighter you hug, the more pain you get.
Riza Prasetyaningsih
Don’t be sad or afraid when you start losing friends, be glad you’re getting rid of the fake ones. Stay true to yourself.
Terry Mark
Best friends has 11 letters, but so does Backstabber.
Wiz Khalifa
If you want to be my friend, I prefer honesty to fake praise.
Christina Strigas
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
An honest enemy is better than a best friend who lies.
Vandi Tanko
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.
Henry David Thoreau
It is only the great-hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly can never know what true friendship means.
Charles Kingsley
A genuine enemy is more useful than a fake friend.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Walter Winchell
Meaningless Friendships
I no longer have the energy for meaningless friendships, forced interactions, or unnecessary conversations.
Joquesse Eugenia
A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
Arnold H. Glasow
Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself.
Hussein Nishah
Friendship is delicate as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will always be cracks.
Waqar Ahmed
Time passes and you begin to see people for who they really are and not who they pretend to be.
Scarlet Koop
Fake people are like soap bubbles; they pop out when the sun shines brightly.
Chiranjude Bird
Some people are going to leave, but that’s not the end of your story. That’s the end of their part in your story.
Unknown
By Emily Ryan
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