BETRAYAL ~ GBE 63

This week's topic is betrayal. Webster's defines it as follows:
Main Entry: be·tray

Pronunciation: bi-ˈtrā, bē-l

Function: verb

Etymology: Middle English, from be- + trayen to betray, from Anglo-French trahir, from Latin tradere Date:13th century

transitive verb1: to lead astray ; especially : seduce
2: to deliver to an enemy by treachery
3: to fail or desert especially in time of need *betrayed his family*
4 a: to reveal unintentionally *betray one's true feelings* b: show , indicate
c: to disclose in violation of confidence *betray a secret*

intransitive verb: to prove false

~ To betray you must first belong ~ Harold Philby

~ One should rather die than be betrayed. There is no deceit in death. It delivers precisely what it has promised. Betrayal, though ... betrayal is the willful slaughter of hope. ~ Steven Deitz

~ We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal. ~ Tennessee Williams







~ Betrayal does that -- betrays the betrayer. ~

Erica Jong

~ Betrayal is the only truth that sticks. ~ Arthur Miller

~ It is most true, stylus virum arguit, - our style
betrays us. ~ Robert Burton







~ Anything may be betrayed, anyone may be forgiven, but not those who lack the courage of their own greatness. ~ Ayn Rand

~ Betrayal is about learning not to idealize external sources. ~ Linda Talley

~ Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on the other side. ~ Barbara Kingsolver







~ Love is whatever you can still betray ... Betrayal can only happen if you love. ~ John LeCarre

~ Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all. ~
Jeab Genet

~ Each betrayal begins with trust. ~ Phish

~ When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but they are never reasoned. ~ Honore de Balzac







~ They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience... ~ Joseph Conrad

~ I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country ~ E. M. Forster







~ In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. ~ Charles de Gaulle

~ No soul of high estate can take pleasure in slander. It betrays a weakness. ~ Blaise Pascal







~ O lovers! Be careful in those dangerous first days! Once you've brought breakfast in bed you'll have to bring it forever, unless you want to be accused of lovelessness and betrayal. ~ Milan Kundera

~ Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you! ~ Joanne Kathleen Rowling







~ I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear of making a mistake seems to be based on the hidden assumption that I am potentially perfect and that if I can just be very careful I will not fall from heaven. But a 'mistake' is a declaration of the way I am, a jolt to the way I intend, a reminder I am not dealing with the facts. When I have listened to my mistakes I have grown. ~ Hugh Prather

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This is my submission to the GBE. This week's topic is Betrayal.

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