A bad cause seldom fails to betray itself.
The reason I trust so much is that I don't feel like I have anything to hide. If somebody betrays that trust, it could never be so bad, because I don't keep any secrets.
In love we are not only liable to betray ourselves, but also the secrets of others.
Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.
It's always our touches of vanity that manage to betray us.
You will find that our enemies are our own kin. It is they who betray us. So learn this most important lesson-in the end, our worst enemy is ourselves
Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you!
The only constitutional exception to the power of making treaties is, that it shall not change the Constitution. … On natural principles, a treaty, which should manifestly betray or sacrifice primary interests of the state, would be null.
Nothing betrays imbecility so much as the being insensible of it.
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
A false tale often betrays itself.
When Knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed or the other pitied.
Co-opted convictions will always betray you.
By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.
You can never betray the people who are dead.
I will yield to popular demands only insofar as they do not betray my own convictions.
As a creator, I always want to betray fans expectations.
And who shall say--whatever disenchantment follows--that we ever forget magic; or that we can ever betray, on this leaden earth, the apple-tree, the singing, and the gold?
I was shamed. My son, Bill, who was 14 come to me and said: "Mother, you've been professing that you're an atheist for a long time now. Well, I don't believe in God either, but every day in school I'm forced to say prayers, and I feel like a hypocrite. Why should I be compelled to betray my beliefs?" I couldn't answer him.
Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.