300+ Fake People Quotes That’ll Inspire You

It’s tough when you find out that a so-called “friend” was only being nice to you because they wanted something from you. It can be even harder when you realize that this person has been talking behind your back the entire time. Here we lay out more than 300 of the most popular fake people quotes about backstabbing, two-faced friends, and general untrustworthiness. These quotes come from some of the most famous people, including Mahatma Gandhi, Leonardo DiCaprio, Carlos Wallace, and Oprah Winfrey.

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1. “They say never ride with the ones you didn’t walk with, real friends show you real love not only talk it. I made the team but figured out the game wasn’t important when I found my homies switching sides the nights we weren’t scoring.” ― John Maiorana
2. “True friends esteem you of greater worth than you feel deserving. False friends demand you prove that worth.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
3. “I hate those who play with feelings of others.” ― Dominic Carey
4. “You may be married to a star, but that doesn’t mean they’ll treat you like one.” ― Jess C. Scott
5. “I know who you are when the camera is not on.” ― Et Imperatrix Noctem
6. If your actions are dictated by who might be watching, they’ll never be genuine and neither will you.” ― Vincent H. O’Neil
7. “Pretend to be poor in reality and you’ll notice a decrease in your friends list and request.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
8. “Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.” ― Sara Shepard
9. “The most dangerous among us come dressed as angels and we learn too late they are the ***** in disguise.” ― Carlos Wallace
10. “Make sure the lions you roll with aren’t snakes in disguise.” ― Genereux Philip
11. “They never text you back, but then you see them on Instagram.”
12. “An insincere and **** friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an **** friend will wound your mind.” ― Buddha
13. “No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” ― Alice Walker
14. “I fake fake to have a fake life. Does that make me a real horse? Buy now for $777, wooden saddle sold separately. Real horseshoes not included. Imaginary ones – neither.” ― Will Advise
15. “The fake and scoundrel-minded people never comes out from the curtain since they cannot face the truth and reality.” ― Ehsan Sehgal
16. “Indeed. Poverty by one fake attitude, because of a good research!” ― Petra Hermans
17. “Fake people are like costume jewelry: they look great for a while, then all of a sudden, their true selves ‘Shine’ thru.” ― Nitya Prakash
18. “The Bible said the ***** may come in many forms. Some time he may appear as a friend, celebrity or even a pretty girl or well built young man. A well paying job, easy money opportunity or simply a chance at something too good to be true. More the often it probably is.” ― Carlos Wallace
19. “If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.” ― Will Smith
20. “Humans are more venomous than snakes.” ― Atef Ashab Uddin Sahil
21. “Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care.” ― Hachiman Hikigaya
22. “Cut off fake people for real reasons, not real people for fake reasons.” ― Ritu Ghatourey
23. “It is always easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.” ― Alfred Adler
24. “One fake friend can do more harm than 10 enemies… be smart choosing your friends.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
25. “And when you talk to them they make you feel that they care about you to keep you engaged with them but in reality, they don’t give care but are curious about what you are up to in life.” ― Aiyaz Uddin
26. “If you write about the dark side of people, you are more likely to be closer to the truth, because people don’t pretend to be dark, nearly as much as they pretend to be good.” ― Robert Black
27. “They may take you for a fool, promise to shower you with the world, use their canny devastating tongue to manipulate and dominate your mind, but its better to put them bulshit people at arms length rather than falling into the arms of infidelity.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
28. “Mostly, I think people are fake. Well, what do you expect? The fake world we live in conspires to make us all fakes.” ― Benjamin Alire Sáenz
29. “There is no fall greater than the one from a burnt bridge.” ― Carlos Wallace
30. “I love fake people provided they are mannequins.” ― Pushpa Rana
31. “You would always have undesired people around you but desired ones are least likely” ― Pushpa Rana
32. “You create more space in your life when you turn your excess baggage to garbage.” ― Chinonye J. Chudolue
33. “Stop texting first and see how many dead plants you’ve been watering.”
34. “The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.” ― Chris Jammi
35. “There should never be a time you make time for people who waste your time.” ― Carlos Wallace
36. “Fake people always think others are fake.” ― Tomichan Matheikal
37. “I love and respect broken hearts – as at least they can’t act fake!” ― Diink
38. “The best defence is to keep off the radar of negative people.” ― Steven Redhead
39. “The real friends are out there on your own, on your lost and on your special days. If they aren’t there, take it like they aren’t your friends, find other friends.” – Deyth Banger
40. “Fear makes strangers of people who you thought were friends.” ― Carlos Wallace
41. “We never lose friends, fake ones are exposed.” ― Carlos Wallace
42. “Time passes and you begin to see, people for who they really are and not who they pretend to be.” ― Scarlet Koop
43. “One should have the ability to distinguish between real and fake. Specially real and fake love.” ― George Femtom
44. “There’s no fall greater than one from a burnt bridge.” ― Carlos Wallace
45. “Stay away from fake people, because you don’t know when they will throw you.”
46. “Fake friends get mad when we don’t pretend to like them.” ― Carlos Wallace
47. “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
48. “Three belongings impoverish: love, hope and fake friendships.” ― Tiziri Wuming
49. “Fake people come to your life to teach you a lesson that doesn’t trust anybody easily.”
50. “Life is full of fake peoples but before you decide to judge them, make sure you’re not one of them.”
51. “Every coin has two sides, just like most people have two faces.” ― Rashida Rowe
52. “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
53. “Nice words and nice appearance doesn’t conclude that someone is nice, I believe that the nicer you look, the more deceptive you appear.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
54. “A persons character is shown through their actions in life not where they sit on Sunday.” ― Navonne Johns
55. “There are few things worse than mistaking an enemy for a friend.” – Wayne Gerard Trotman
56. “I stretch my arms out — let the truth be told. These days, friends are modern day Pinocchios. Long nose, friend or foe. They’re more fake than the wax statues standing still in Madame Tussaud.” ― Soroosh Shahrivar
57. “Some people make money. Some make plans, while others make lies.” ― De philosopher DJ Kyos
58. “If you want to be my friend, I prefer honesty to fake praise.” ― Christina Strigas
59. “Having fake friends is like hugging cactus. The tighter you hug, the more pain you get.” — Riza Prasetyaningsih
60. “Over a small misunderstanding God will expose how people really feel about you…” ― Gugu Mofokeng
61. “When you see the genuine, you don’t deal with the fakes anymore.” ― Nima Davani
62. “This is what happens. You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you.” ― Sophie Kinsella
63. “I can’t stand fake people. I can feel it when someone feigns it.” ― Jacqueline Fernandez
64. “I cut fake people faster than Bugatti reaches its 100 miles speed. I often tell myself, this is called “Art of Living”.” ― Rakesh Vemulawada
65. “If you cheat to win you really can’t claim victory because you did not play fair.” ― Germany Kent
66. “After reading between the lines, I can secretly hear Socrates screaming: ‘I’m the wisest man to ever live in the world. Anyone who will claim that title after me he’s fake!’” ― Mwanandeke Kindembo
67. “Stop falling for those who won’t raise you up in the future.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
68. “Faking your own death is illegal, yet faking your own life is celebrated.” ― Dean Cavanagh
69. “Eliminate those fake friends who seem real when you have something and disappear when you have nothing.” ― Rashida Rowe
70. “Act like you trust people, but don’t.” ― Mayank Chawla
71. “You will never have to question the intentions or integrity of people who have your best interest at heart.” ― Germany Kent
72. “Society has become so fake that the truth actually bothers people.” ― Chanda Kaushik
73. “Fake people have no identity; they are just a number, not anywhere near a comma.” ― Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann
74. “The more inhuman we became the more we understood each other as humans.” ― Cameron Conaway
75. “Real people are actively trying to live like fake people, so real people are no less fake.” ― Chuck Klosterman
76. “Atmosphere is currently all you have to your name. You’re taking it in. You
77. will not forget.” ― Casey Renee Kiser
78. “A fake friend indeed is a friend only in his need.” ― Jagadeesh Kumar
79. “A friend to all, is not a friend to anyone.” ― Mike Skinner
80. “Fake people talk about other people being fake. Real people worry about their business, and no one else’s.” ― Ziad K. Abdelnour
81. “Most people want to see you do better, but not doing better than them.” ― London Mond
82. “Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.” ― George Washington Carver
83. “Being fake is so common now that being real is seen as offensive.” ― Chris Ruden
84. “If they talk about other people with you, they will talk about you with other people.” ― Carlos Wallace
85. “Share your weaknesses. 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
86. “When people smile at a rich man, they are smiling at his wallet.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo
87. “Anyone can just speak words, but only one that is tried-and-true can mean them.” ― Terry O’Neal
88. “If real scares you, you’re fake.” ― Chris Morgan
89. “Are the accomplishments that people boast about real? Probably. But I’d rather hang out with real people, and real people don’t have to boast.” ― Charles F.
90. “I prefer to surround myself with people who reveal their imperfection, rather than people who fake their perfection.” ― Charles F. Glassman
91. “One should never go by what people say.” ― Agatha Christie
92. “In the beginning, some people try to appear that everything about them is “in black and white,” until later their true colors come out.” ― Anthony Liccione
93. “One of life’s ironies is that the more honest and vulnerable you are, the more others try to discredit you as a fraud and a fake. Shut them up by not caring.” ― Dan Pearce
94. “If I doubt your intentions I will never trust your actions.” ― Carlos Wallace
95. “I think the celebrities today, not all of them, but just the whole industry frustrates me because it is so fake. People pretend to be, a lot of the time, what they’re not.” ― Tulisa
96. “The funny thing about fake people is that they don’t exist in my world.” ― John Maiorana
97. “It’s hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it.” ― Nicole Richie
98. “Make no mistake about it, people who say they love you but cannot be happy for your success do not love you.” ― Germany Kent
99. “There are folks you just don’t need. You’re better off without them. Your life is just a little better, because they ain’t in it.” ― William G.
100. “The problem is, people are being hated when they’re real and loved when they’re fake.” ― Bob Marley
101. “It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.” – Mandy Hale
102. “The fake people do not dare to come out, from their mask and face the truth of the real ones.” ― Ehsan Sehgal
103. “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
104. “It’s beautiful when your realness is tested by fake people.” ― Kichhuu
105. “He thought that even naturalness can be feigned; at times, a mask disguises too well the expressions of a face that does not exist either outside or under it.” ― Carlos Fuentes
106. “Fake happiness is the worst kind of sadness.” ― Dominic Riccitello
107. “One of the main roles of our financial problems is to **** out our fake friends.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
108. “People say they hate having fake people around, but when you keep it real, they hate you even more. People don’t like the truth.” ― DeMarcus Cousins
109. “A person can pretend to be something that there not; for some long. Until it comes to a time, you do something, that annoys them. That’s when they blow up and the true part of them, starts to come out. Watch out for those fakers.” ― Dianerste Ross
110. “Anyone can just speak words, but only one that is tried-and-true can mean them.” ― Terry a O’Neal
111. “People wears a mask of lie so they look attractive, so be careful” ― Muhammad Saqib
112. “Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.” ― George R.R. Martin
113. “No one forced you to love me, so why did you need to pretend? Your lies have left me heartbroken.” ― Shami Paulin
114. “Not many people are true, fake as the lies they tell.” ― Kid Cudi
115. “Tell people how it is, be real and be honest. If you see something wrong make sure you speak up. Being this way will naturally eliminate the snakes and fakes.” ― John Maiorana
116. “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.” ― Mitchell Perry
117. “Everyone have two faces, but mine are twins.” ― Felix Caussan
118. “As far as I know, only politicians can make this kind of miracle by staying more than 30 years of their entire life lying or hiding from the electors what really happen behind the political curtain of our status quo. This is one of the rare cases that a politician can swear in front of any deity or authority without any hesitation: “I really appreciate your ignorance or indifference about politics. It’s a blessing for me in my lifetime.” ― Frederick Vanderbuilt
119. “A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” ― Arnold H. Glasow
120. “Children lack morality, but they also lack fake morality.” ― Mignon McLaughlin
121. “Being too nice is a crime today. Fake friends are every where around you. They will use you and when you are of no use, throw you away like a wrapper .” ― Shizra
122. “Some soap opera, you know, real people pretending to be fake people with made-up problems being watched by real people to forget their real problems.” ― Chuck Palahniuk
123. “The word “friend” is a label anyone can try on. You decide who is best suited to wear it.” ― Carlos Wallace
124. “He told me he was real, he told me he was there and that he cared for me. Then he told me the thing that imprisons you… is your own mind, and at that moment he vanished and I realized… I had created him. He was never there, he never cared, it was just me… all me.” ― Maranda Kuhl
125. “Like a Columbus of the heart, mind and soul I have hurled myself off the shores of my own fears and limiting beliefs to venture far out into the uncharted territories of my inner truth, in search of what it means to be genuine and at peace with who I really am. I have abandoned the masquerade of living up to the expectations of others and explored the new horizons of what it means to be truly and completely me, in all my amazing imperfection and most splendid insecurity.” ― Anthon St. Maarten
126. “Your enemies are not so far from you. They laugh with you, they give you advise and they eat with you. God expose them” ― Gugu Mofokeng
127. “What’s the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you’re so ugly on the inside?” ― Jess C. Scott
128. “Out of all the things we fake we can never fake to be positive.” ― Pushpa Rana
129. “Nature and attitude never wears the mask.” ― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
130. “You’ll be surrounded by many so-called well-wishers during your good times but there’ll be only a few ones around you in your bad times.” ― Anurag Prakash Ray
131. “I think people fake that they’re having fun a lot of the time in photos, because they want people to think they’re having fun. Well, that’s not life, is it?” ― Lara Avery
132. “Are you sincere? Are you yourself? Are you as you look? You don’t have a mask on your face? You speak what you think? Then you are real, then you are not fake!” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan
133. “I had been the victim of fake news despite being the candidate of the genuine story.” ― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
134. “People only throw shade on what’s shining.” ― Genereux Philip
135. “When you know that someone is playing love games with you and still you are there that means either you are a true lover or a true loser.” ― Jasmine Kiyani
136. “I think it’s better to have less friends than to have fake friends.” — Hina Khan
137. “Time will expose everything, because fake things and people don’t last long in life.”
138. “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
139. “Fake people always stay with you in your good times and leave you in your bad times.”
140. “Fake people will insult you infront of the whole world but those who are true to you will insult you more but in private.” ― Shizra
141. “Fake people are like soap bubbles, they pop out when the sun shines brightly.” ― Chiranjude Bird
142. “As far as I’m concerned, all politicians are fake people.” ― Neil Sedaka
143. “Yeah till yet, I can say that, there are some people till now who believe in fakeness.” ― Waleed Uz Zaman Khan
144. “Fake; it’s the latest trend, and everyone seems to be in style.” ― Haleigh Kemmerly
145. “Just like seasons, people also change. But the difference is, once gone, seasons come back.” ― Himanshu Chhabra
146. “When you meet new people and you notice they gossip about people behind their backs just imagine what they say about you behind yours.” ― Divine Conspiracy
147. “If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.” ― Aesop
148. “So many of us hide from ourselves and we don’t even know who we are and why were we here? All people will prove they are better and put fake masks on their own faces. Every people pretend herself what they actually not from inside.” ― Silentknight
149. “Life is too short for fake butter or fake people.” ― Karen Salmansohn
150. “You can’t always go by actions, because some people will act like they love you just to get what they want from you.” ― Sonya Parker
151. “You don’t look fake when you unconsciously pretend.” ― Toba Beta
152. “A fake friend is an enemy in disguise.” ― Ellen J. Barrier
153. “It was exhilarating, at least at first, to live in a city of narcissists.” ― Ian McEwan
154. “I just trust my intuition taking into account the psychology of things. Therefore, I am not persuaded by facts, but by behaviors.” ― Maria Karvouni
155. “I would rather wear honest tears than the most beautiful and elaborately faked smile.” ― Tyler Knott Gregson
156. “If you’re going to have to rehearse a lie you better be a good actor.” ― T.W. Lawless
157. “Some humans spend their whole lives making something that isn’t real look like something that is.” ― Anna Banks
158. “We fake perfect so others don’t have to experience any unpleasant realities, because their life is just as fake as ours.” ― Bryant H. McGill
159. “Stay away from people who makes you feel like you are wasting their time.” ― Paulo Coelho
160. “It is somehow painful when you can lay your life down for them, but they won’t be there for you, even when you need them the most.” ― Goals Rider
161. “If someone in your circle cannot congratulate you on your success, heed the warning and distance yourself from that person, because they are not for you.” ― Germany Kent
162. “Hard times and fake friends are like oil and water: they don’t mix.” ― Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
163. “Because I hate fake people and I always think I’m never fake.” ― Victoria Jackson
164. “Sometimes it’s not the person who changes, it’s the mask that falls off.” ― Mhaj Porras
165. “Someone who smiles too much with you can sometimes frown too much with you at your back.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
166. “Just because you loved a fake person does not mean your love was not real.” ― Steph Feels
167. “There’s no use of pretending to be good in front of people who are also doing same to us. Mutual deceptions don’t lead anywhere!!” ― Rajneesh Sharma
168. “It’s funny how the people who know the least about you, always have the most to say.” ― Auliq Ice
169. “Most people will never learn the lessons meant for them in this lifetime, nor become the person they were meant to be, simply because they are too busy being someone else, or someone they are not.” ― Suzy Kassem
170. “You cannot expect to live a positive life if you hang with negative people.” – Joel Osteen
171. “Pay close attention to the people who don’t clap when you win.” ― Leonardo DiCaprio
172. “Fake friends are like shadows. They follow you in the sun but leave you in the dark.”
173. “Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself.” ― Hussein Nishah
174. “Incessant smiling is one of the deadly tools used by someone whose intent is to make others cry.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
175. “Sometimes the person you’d take a bullet for ends up being behind the gun.” ― Tupac
176. “You got nothing to lose. You don’t lose when you lose fake friends.” ― Joan Jett
177. “He’ll see right through the perfect mess that you are, and once he does, don’t come crying to me.” ― Krystalle Bianca
178. “Feigned interest is worse than brutal honesty.” ― Stewart Stafford
179. “I’m not interested in hearing from those who preach joy or talk such crap about ‘positivity pledges’ about not allowing negative thoughts to drain them of energy, or about sending vibes of positive energy into the world and being grateful for all the wonderful things it’s going to attract into lives. That stuff’s all well and good, except that most people who talk **** like this are as fake.” ― Karl Wiggins
180. “Some people are cynical, yet they know how to make their intentions sound lyrical, but in the end, they leave you with scars that are unmistakable.” ― Mireya Rios
181. “If a teacher fails to teach justice to his student, the teacher is fake; if a judge fails to provide justice to his countrymen, the judge is fake; if a country fails to seek justice to its citizen, the country is fake. Who is fake? A raindrop remains pure until it doesn’t fall on the earth.” ― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
182. “We have to be cautious of who we allow in our circle because a frenemy can be more destructive than an enemy.” ― Angel Moreira
183. “I predict that there will be many more like him in the future,” she sighed. “People of privilege speaking heroically on behalf of those with whom they have no intention of mixing.” ― Kevin Ansbro

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Fake People Quotes

1. “There is no fall greater than the one from a burnt bridge.” ― Carlos Wallace, Life Is Not Complicated-You Are: Turning Your Biggest Disappointments Into Your Greatest Blessings
2. “Make no mistake about it, people who say they love you but cannot be happy for your success do not love you.” ― Germany Kent
3. “He’ll see right through the perfect mess that you are, and once he does, don’t come crying to me.” ― Krystalle Bianca, Perfectly Fractured (The Imperfect, #1).
4. “try to don’t be killed and pray for healing, but be a killer and pray for forgiveness.” ― Marouane LAASSAFAR
5. “If you write about the dark side of people, you are more likely to be closer to the truth, because people don’t pretend to be dark, nearly as much as they pretend to be good.” ― Robert Black
6. “If I doubt your intentions I will never trust your actions.” ― Carlos Wallace
7. “When you meet new people and you notice they gossip about people behind their backs just imagine what they say about you behind yours.” ― DivineConspiracy
8. “If your actions are dictated by who might be watching, they’ll never be genuine—and neither will you.” ― Vincent H. O’Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life
9. “Over a small misunderstanding God will expose how people really feel about you…” ― Gugu Mofokeng
10. “Nem sempre uma linda cara Traduz encanto no mundo Há mil fontes d’água clara Cheias de lodo no fundo.” ― Joaquim de Barros Ferreira
11. “If you’re going to have to rehearse a lie you better be a good actor.” ― T.W. Lawless
12. “The fake and scoundrel-minded people never comes out from the curtain since they cannot face the truth and reality.” ― Ehsan Sehgal
13. “I stretch my arms out — Let the truth be told These days, friends are modern day Pinocchios Long nose, friend or foe They’re more fake than the wax statues standing still in Madame Tussaud.” ― Soroosh Shahrivar, Letter 19
14. “The foundation of Hollywood alchemically turned celluloid into gold and insincerity into an art form.” ― Stewart Stafford
15. “Incessant smiling is one of the deadly tools used by someone whose intent is to make others cry.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
16. “It’s relatively easy to act nice and normal in front of a crowd, or in public. The tricky part is doing it in private.” ― Robert Black
17. “Fear makes strangers of people who you thought were friends.” ― Carlos Wallace
18. “As far as I know, only politicians can make this kind of miracle staying more than 30 years of their entire life lying or hiding from the electors what really happen behind the political curtain of our status quo. This is one of the rare cases that a politician can swear in front of any deity or authority without any hesitation: “I really appreciate your ignorance or indifference about politics. It’s a blessing for me in my lifetime”.” ― Frederick Vanderbuilt
19. “It was hard to tell with her. Like a chameleon, Devika effortlessly feigned the role she sensed the other person expected to see, subject to what she wanted in return—mere admiration, for which she had a vast appetite for, or to get something she desired at that particular moment.” ― Neena H. Brar, Tied to Deceit
20. “When people smile at a rich man, they are smiling at his wallet.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo
21. “Pretend to be poor in reality and you’ll notice a decrease in your friends list and request.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
22. “Most people will never learn the lessons meant for them in this lifetime, nor become the person they were meant to be, simply because they are too busy being someone else, or someone they are not.” ― Suzy Kassem
23. “The most dangerous among us come dressed as angels and we learn too late they are the ***** in disguise.” ― Carlos Wallace, The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
24. “He felt that if they had both not kept up appearances, but had spoken, as it is called, from the heart—that is to say, had said only just what they were thinking and feeling—they would simply have looked into each other’s faces, and Konstantin could only have said, “You’re dying, you’re dying!” and Nikolay could only have answered, “I know I’m dying, but I’m afraid, I’m afraid, I’m afraid!” And they could have said nothing more, if they had said only what was in their hearts. But life like that was impossible, and so Konstantin tried to do what he had been trying to do all his life, and never could learn to do, though, as far as he could observe, many people knew so well how to do it, and without it there was no living at all. He tried to say what he was not thinking, but he felt continually that it had a ring of falsehood, that his brother detected him in it, and was exasperated at it.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
25. “I cut fake people faster than Bugatti reaches its 100 miles speed. I often tell myself, this is called “Art of Living”.” ― Rakesh Vemulawada
26. “Act like you trust people , but don’t.” ― Mayank Chawla
27. “When I see you, I think “I wonder which face she sees when she looks into the mirror.” ― C. JoyBell C.
28. “Fake people always think others are fake.” ― Tomichan Matheikal, Autumn Shadows
29. “If a teacher fails to teach justice to his student, the teacher is fake; if a judge fails to provide justice to his countrymen, the judge is fake; if a country fails to seek justice to its citizen, the country is fake. Who is fake? A raindrop remains pure until it doesn’t fall on the earth” ― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
30. “Life is beautiful mess…and I am tangled…though I am the spider but a stupid one. Cheap I am by name, views and actions.” ― Anum Aforz
31. “If real scares you, you’re fake AF.” ― Chris Morgan (SON)
32. “There should never be a time you make time for people who waste your time.” ― Carlos Wallace
33. “I just trust my intuition taking into account the psychology of things. Therefore, I am not persuaded by facts, but by behaviors.” ― Maria Karvouni
34. “Your enemies are not so far from you. They laugh with you, they give you advise and they eat with you. God expose them” ― Gugu Mofokeng
35. “Everyone wants to help the world, but first and foremost everyone wants to help oneself.” ― Maria Karvouni
36. “I had been the victim of fake news despite being the candidate of the genuine story” ― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
37. “They may take you for a fool, promise to shower you with the world, use their canny devastating tongue to manipulate and dominate your mind, but its better to put them bulshit people at arms length rather than falling into the arms of infidelity.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
38. “Political correctness maybe the flavour of the month politically, but in arts, it will always come across as weak, and not very true to life, like having a beer when you need a scotch” ― Robert Black
39. “Some people will leave you soon no matter how, but it’s not the ending of your story, it’s just the ending of their role in your story. cause life goes on, and you should just expect damage from others.” ― Marouane LAASSAFAR
40. “The funny thing about fake *** people is that they don’t exist in my world so get real or get the **** out.” ― John Maiorana (Giovanni)
41. “If you want to be my friend, I prefer honesty to fake praise. I was never one to run with the wolves.” ― Christina Strigas
42. “If you cheat to win you really can’t claim victory because you did not play fair. ” ― Germany Kent
43. “A person can pretend to be something that there not; For some long. Until it come to a time, You do something that annoy the **** out them Thats when they blow up An the true part of them , Start to come out. Watch out for those fakers” ― Dianerste Ross
44. “Atmosphere is currently all you have to your name. You’re taking it in. You will not forget.” ― Casey Renee Kiser, Escape from Narc Island
45. “I know who you are when the camera is not on.” ― Et Imperatrix Noctem
46. “Three belongings impoverish: Love, hope and fake friendships.” ― Tiziri Wuming
47. “One should never go by what people say.” ― Agatha Christie, ****** at the Vicarage
48. “He thought that even naturalness can be feigned; at times, a mask disguises too well the expressions of a face that does not exist either outside or under it.” ― Carlos Fuentes, The Death of Artemio Cruz
49. “I Love and respect Broken Hearts- As at-least they can’t act Fake.!” ― Diink
50. “The Earth orbits round tables.” ― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land
51. “If they talk about other people with you, they will talk about you with other people.” ― Carlos Wallace
52. “After reading between the lines, I can secretly hear Socrates screaming: ‘I’m the wisest man to ever live in the world. Anyone who will claim that title after me he’s fake!” ― Mwanandeke Kindembo
53. “You would always have undesired people around you but desired one’s are least likely” ― Pushpa Rana, Just the Way I Feel
54. “NATURE AND ATTITUDE NEVER WEARS THE MASK; GOD AND KARMA NEVER WEARS THE MASK; LIGHT AND SOUND NEVER WEARS THE MASK; TRUTH AND TIME NEVER WEARS THE MASK; LOVE AND DREAM NEVER WEARS THE MASK; GLORY AND CRITICISM NEVER WEARS THE MASK; EDUCATION AND NATURE NEVER WEARS THE MASK” ― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
55. “Sometimes what you see of a person Is only what they want you to see But if you disrespect that part They will see all of you” ― Robert Black
56. “It was exhilarating, at least at first, to live in a city of narcissists.” ― Ian McEwan, In Between the Sheets
57. “Realised that there are THREE kinds of People in this World. The people who are with you ONLY during your really bad times – Showing You Concern, Pity, Love and Care. The Second kind who are there for You ONLY in your Good Times showering their appreciation, compliments and time with You. The Third Kind are the ones who You need to CHERISH all your life because their presence in your life is constant, permanent and unwavering. They are with you in the BEST and WORST Moments of your Life. They are Genuinely there sharing your joys and sorrows. Never Let Go of such Loved Ones.❤️” ― Rachitha Cabral
58. “If someone in your circle cannot congratulate you on your success, heed the warning and distance yourself from that person because they are not for you.” ― Germany Kent
59. “They say never ride with the ones you didn’t walk with, real friends show you real love not only talk it. I made the team but figured out the game wasn’t important when I found my homies switching sides the nights we wasn’t scoring.” ― John Maiorana (oohGiovanni)
60. “A friend to all, is not a friend to anyone.” ― Mike Skinner
61. “Society has become so fake that the truth actually bothers people.” ― Chanda Kaushik
62. “Fake; it’s the latest trend, and everyone seems to be in style.” ― Haleigh Kemmerly
63. “You will never have to question the intentions or integrity of people who have your best interest at heart.” ― Germany Kent
64. “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
65. “Yeah till yet, I can say that There are some people till now who believe in FAKENESS.” ― Waleed Uz Zaman Khan
66. “One of life’s ironies is that the more honest and vulnerable you are, the more others try to discredit you as a fraud and a fake. Shut them up by not caring.” ― Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing
67. “Fake friends get mad when we don’t pretend to like them.” ― Carlos Wallace
68. “I found myself, lost inside the depths of my darkest days amazed to find the most of you watching me hoping i’d stay.” ― John Maiorana (oohGiovanni)
69. “Don’t try to make yourself marketable, you’ll be surprised to see yourself at the bottom. Stay incognito, and people will peruse the whole world looking for you, by that time, you’ll be at the top.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
70. “Ik denk dat ieder mens twee levens leidt, een vanbinnen en een vanbuiten. Subject en object. Het leven vanbinnen is het ware, het echte. Ik denk dat de mensen mooi worden als hun binnenleven doorschijnt naar buiten, als ze niet nadenken wat voor indruk ze maken, als ze vergeten toneel te spelen. Dat denk ik. Er zijn ook mensen bij wie het precies andersom is, die alleen maar buitenkant zijn, die alleen een leeg omhulsel zijn, die voortdurend moeten weten wat voor indruk ze maken, die leven om gezien te worden. Mensen die een houding aannemen. Triest. Dat soort mensen zijn net pingpongballetjes, een harde buitenkant en leeg van binnen. Niets te vinden. Totaal oninteressant.” ― Per Nilsson
71. “A life coach? What does that mean? It doesn’t mean anything, does it? So they ‘coach’ people on how to live their lives? Why don’t they mind their own ******* business? They only call themselves life coaches because they can’t get a job. Because they’re unemployable. And they haven’t got any qualifications either. Do you think they went to Uni to study life coaching? Of course they didn’t. And who do they coach anyway? Do people go to them and ask to be coached on their lives? I hardly think so. They’d see a psychiatrist or a psychologist or someone with a bit of clout, wouldn’t they? They don’t coach anybody at all, do they? They’ve made it all up. So, there you have it. At the bottom end of the otherworldly, metaphysical scale, even less developed spiritually than Orphans or Horace, are Life Coaches.” ― Karl Wiggins, Wrong Planet – Searching for your Tribe
72. “You can fall in love with an image and you can forget whom this image really belongs to! You can look at the reflection and completely forget what is reflected! You can ignore the real and follow the unreal! But ultimately, your destination will not be where you want to arrive! You will only arrive in something fake!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan
73. “There’s no use of pretending to be good in front of people who are also doing same to us.. Mutual Deceptions don’t lead anywhere !!” ― Rajneesh Sharma
74. “Observing a candidate’s supporters is crucial. The candidates themselves are slick and polished. Their supporters aren’t, so their words and actions are far easier to unravel. The Berkeley riots at Milo Yiannopoulos’ attempted speech told me all I needed to know about Hillary.” ― Mike Klepper
75. “They’re not happy for you because they wish it was them.” ― Carlos Wallace
76. “The true definition of a phony is a high flyer with low mileage; a person who offers a worldview from the comforts of his/her living room.” ― Johnnie Dent Jr.
77. “Social media is the “Greatest Hits” album of our lives.” ― Marc Fienberg, Dad’s Great Advice for Teens: Stuff Every Teen Needs to Know About Parents, Friends, Social Media, Drinking, Dating, Relationships, and Finding Happiness
78. “Some people are cynical, yet they know how to make their intentions sound lyrical, but in the end, they leave you with scares that are unmistakable”.” ― Mireya Rios, Painted Love
79. “False humility is the pride of not being proud, real humility is without the consciousness that pride exists.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
80. “Are the accomplishments that people boast about real? Probably. But I’d rather hang out with real people, and real people don’t have to boast.” ― Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life
81. “Tell people how it is, be real and be honest. If you see something wrong make sure you speak up. Being this way will naturally eliminate the snakes and fakes.” ― John Maiorana (oohGiovanni)
82. “Indeed. Poverty by one fake attitude because of a good research!” ― Petra Hermans
83. “When you know that someone is playing love games with you and still you are there that means either you are a true lover or a true loser.” ― Jasmine Kiyani
84. “Everyone have two faces, but mine are twins.” ― Felix Caussan
85. “We never lose friends, fake ones are exposed.” ― Carlos Wallace
86. “When you know that someone is playing love games with you and still you are there that means either you are a true lover or a true loser.” ― Jasmine Kiyani
87. “Blind people are the best audience; they will be treated according to the formula; it’s easy to excite them; it’s easy to wake them up from a dream in which they dull, mute and helpless, await excitement—another product of the plastic reality, another star-studded name.” ― Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Satire and Aphorisms
88. “Fake people are like costume jewelry: They look great for a while, then all of a sudden, their true selves ‘Shine’ thru.” ― Nitya Prakash
89. “Out of all the things we fake we can never fake to be positive.” ― Pushpa Rana, Just the Way I Feel
90. “E atat de dificil sa fii si sensibila, si mandra. Ca sa nu suferi trebuie sa fii sau una, sau alta. Nu, in orice caz, si una, si alta.” ― Jeni Acterian, Jurnalul unei fete greu de mulţumit
91. “Anyone that says his mind will be probably regarded a fool, but the true artist is not moved by the comments about the looks of his painting or remarks that are dreadfully sarcastic, but hearken now! That he who says what others want to hear hasn’t said anything of his own.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
92. “Fake people will insult you infront of the whole world but those who are true to you will insult you more but in private.” ― Shizra
93. “Feigned interest is worse than brutal honesty.” ― Stewart Stafford
94. “Are you sincere? Are you yourself? Are you as you look? You don’t have a mask on your face? You speak what you think? Then you are real, then you are not fake!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan
95. “Children lack morality, but they also lack fake morality.” ― Mignon McLaughlin
96. “I nominate you go **** yourself challenge” ― Mayank Chawla
97. “Mostly, I think people are fake. Well, what do you expect? The fake world we live in conspires to make us all fakes.” ― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Last Night I Sang to the Monster
98. “Anyone can just speak words, but only one that is tried-and-true can mean them.” ― Terry a O’Neal
99. “It is somehow painful when you can lay your life down for them, But they won’t be there for you, Even when you need them the most – Goals Rider” ― Goals Rider
100. “I began to enjoy my own generosity; I felt the pleasure of pleasing others, especially as this was accompanied by money-power. I was paying for them; they were grateful, they had to be; and they could no longer see me as a failure.” ― Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
101. “The Bible said the ***** may come in many forms. Some time he may appear as a friend, celebrity or even a pretty girl or well built young man. A well paying job, easy money opportunity or simply a chance at something too good to be true. More the often it probably is.” ― Carlos Wallace
102. “And so you see, dear reader, the death of my friend Sophie forced me to realize that the whole universe is one big concentration camp run by God — the biggest Nazi of them all! So slavery in Virginia wasn’t all that bad. And it was really God’s fault anyway. Pretty good tragic insight there. Think I’ll crank some Bellamy Brothers and get loaded!” ― William Styron, Sophie’s Choice
103. “People love to do such things, attempting to degrade other individuals for their mistakes to fulfill their inner will in order to feel more noteworthy.” ― Aditi Dufare, The Mysterious Night
104. “Paranoia (n) A condition where a person always doubts others and themselves. A condition where all compliments seem too fake to be a reality. A condition where a person is unable to trust someone even after knowing them for years. A condition where a person thinks self-sabotage is healthy. A condition where a person just can’t turn off the grinding noises in their brain. A condition where a person feels that someone is only nice to them because they need something in return. A condition where a person can no longer differentiate between delusions and reality. A condition where a person’s own mind is their biggest enemy. A condition where a person is ridden with irrational fears and ‘yellow wallpaper’ feels. A condition where a person feels that when people are not talking to them they are either talking about them or against them. Always.” ― Sijdah Hussain, Red Sugar, No More
105. “Some humans spend their whole lives making something that isn’t real look like something that is.” ― Anna Banks, Of Poseidon
106. “Fake people have no identity; they are just a number, not anywhere near a comma.” ― Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann
107. “I have a big heart and give with love everywhere I go, i am hungry for life and if you do me bad you will be my ******* dinner.” ― John Maiorana (oohGiovanni)
108. “Women strive to be the change they want to see in the mirror.” ― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land
109. “I think people fake that they’re having fun a lot of the time in photos, because they want people to think they’re having fun. Well, that’s not life, is it?” ― Lara Avery, The Memory Book
110. “He told me he was real, he told me he was there and that he cared for me. Then he told me the thing that imprisons you…is your own mind, and at that moment he vanished and I realized…I had created him. He was never there, he never cared, it was just me…all me.” ― Maranda Kuhl
111. “So many of us hide from ourselves and we don’t even know who we are and why were we here? All peoples will prove they are better and put fake masks on their own faces. Every people pretend herself what they actually not from inside. Afraid to show the reality and hide their best quality. You just have to learn to be yourself and what really makes you happy, or other things that are not important and what others think of you is not important at all.” ― Silentknight0
112. “The fake people do not dare to come out, from their mask and face the truth of the real ones.” ― Ehsan Sehgal
113. “A life coach? What does that mean? It doesn’t mean anything, does it? So they ‘coach’ people on how to live their lives? Why don’t they mind their own ******* business?” ― Karl Wiggins, Wrong Planet – Searching for your Tribe
114. “A Fake Friend is an enemy in disguise.” ― Ellen J. Barrier, The Price We Must Pay for Our Father’s Sins
115. “You can be lonely even after being crowded by a thousand; you may not be lonely even after living alone. A true relationship is worth more than thousands of fakes.” ― Bikramjit Konwar
116. “life is too short for fake butter or fake people.” ― Karen Salmansohn
117. “Share your weaknesses. 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, Single Dad Laughing
118. “You may be married to a star, but that doesn’t mean they’ll treat you like one.” ― Jess C. Scott, I’m Pretty
119. “When you see the genuine, you don’t deal with the fakes anymore.” ― Nima davani
120. “In the beginning, some people try to appear that everything about them is “in black and white,” until later their true colors come out.” ― Anthony Liccione
121. “Fake people are like soap bubbles, they pop out when the sun shines brightly.” ― Chiranjude Bird
122. “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 |Yenugwar|
123. “Some people make money . Some make plans, while others make lies.” ― De philosopher DJ Kyos
124. “Humans are more venomous than snakes” ― Atef Ashab Uddin Sahil
125. “I’m not interested in hearing from those who preach joy or talk such crap about ‘positivity pledges’ about not allowing negative thoughts to drain them of energy, or about sending vibes of positive energy into the world and being grateful for all the wonderful things it’s going to attract into lives. That stuff’s all well and good, except that most people who talk **** like this are as fake as Katie Price’s boobs.” ― Karl Wiggins, Wrong Planet – Searching for your Tribe
126. “I fake fake to have a fake life. Does that make me a real horse? Buy now for $777, wooden saddle sold separately. Real horseshoes not included. Imaginary ones – neither.” ― Will Advise, Nothing is here…
127. “I predict that there will be many more like him in the future,” she sighed. “People of privilege speaking heroically on behalf of those with whom they have no intention of mixing.” ― Kevin Ansbro, In the Shadow of Time
128. “Like a Columbus of the heart, mind and soul I have hurled myself off the shores of my own fears and limiting beliefs to venture far out into the uncharted territories of my inner truth, in search of what it means to be genuine and at peace with who I really am. I have abandoned the masquerade of living up to the expectations of others and explored the new horizons of what it means to be truly and completely me, in all my amazing imperfection and most splendid insecurity.” ― Anthon St. Maarten
129. “Fake happiness is the worst kind of sadness.” ― Dominic Riccitello
130. “On Social Media people always seem to appear and then disappear. Befriend you as a writer perhaps because they think that you can just help them reach their goals or just maybe because they’ve heard of you. On some? Like on Instagram? Follow you and then unfollow you in their own shallow pathetic pursuit of looking popular. Not giving two shits about you or have any real interest in your actual work. Once upon a time that used to really bother me because they obviously lack authenticity & any manners. But after thirty some years of writing & publishing and creating and actually earning all of the merits and being myself, being true to the words and all the poetry that is the only real thing that truly matters? I simply say to all of them. **** you. I’m R.M. Engelhardt And if you haven’t heard of me or read any of my work then obviously you don’t really know much about poetry” ― R.M. Engelhardt, WHERE THERE IS NO VISION POEMS 2020 R.M. ENGELHARDT
131. “The word “friend” is a label anyone can try on. You decide who is best suited to wear it.” ― Carlos Wallace, The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
132. “I prefer to surround myself with people who reveal their imperfection, rather than people who fake their perfection.” ― Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life
133. “I love fake people provided they are mannequins.” ― Pushpa Rana, Just the Way I Feel
134. “A persons character is shown through their actions in life NOT where they sit on Sunday.” ― Navonne Johns
135. “It’s funny how the people who know the least about you, always have the most to say.” ― Auliq Ice
136. “And when you talk to them they make you feel that they care about you to keep you engaged with them but in reality, they don’t give care but are curious about what you are up to in life.” ― Aiyaz Uddin, Science Behind A Perfect Life
137. “There’s no fall greater than one from a burnt bridge.” ― Carlos Wallace, Life Is Not Complicated-You Are: Turning Your Biggest Disappointments into Your Greatest Blessings
138. “The more inhuman we became the more we understood each other as humans.” ― Cameron Conaway, Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
139. “What’s the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you’re so ugly on the inside?” ― Jess C. Scott, I’m Pretty
140. “Reed is nothing like these men. Never was. Instead, he is a master of disguise. A man so broken, his form shifts completely based on the angle of the light that meets him. He’s like the cleome that bloom here in Mother’s garden, changing from dark pink at night to pale come morning, then to white again before the bloom falls. Or the heirloom petunias. Or the Confederate rose. Never know what we might find when we visit them. Fickle flowers, they behave as if they’ve forgotten who they really are, always hiding, fooling us by showing only what they want us to see. I now understand there have always been men like Reed in the world. A Judas. A wounded soul who causes tremendous harm for his own gain.” ― Julie Cantrell, Perennials
141. “Nice words and nice appearance doesn’t conclude that someone is nice, i believe that the nicer you look, the more deceptive you appear.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
142. “Being too nice is a crime today.Fake friends are every where around you. they will use you and when you are of no use, throw you away like a wrapper .” ― Shizra
143. “Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.” ― Sara Shepard, The Lying Game
144. “People wears a mask of lie so they look attractive , so be careful” ― Muhammad Saqib

Wrapping Up

As you can see, fake people come in all shapes and sizes. Some are lovable, while others are frustrating. But the important thing is to remember that they’re not worth your time or energy. So the next time you feel yourself getting upset by a so-called “friend,” just remind yourself of these quotes and keep moving forward. Which one of these fake people quotes was your favorite?