Speaking truth every time- Wise or cuel and unkind ? :-0

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Would telling the police where the body is buried do any good to suspect? Obviously not. Would it be best for him to do so? From the suspect's perspective not if not telling the truth results in him being freed with no case to answer. Truth is not an absolute. Consider the case of the mother who chose not to tell her 13 year old daughter that doctors believed she would die before her fourteenth birthday. Would the child who lived to be seventeen have had a better time in her short life, if she had known that she was dying of cancer? Despite the burden that the mother bore in keeping such an awful secret, who can doubt that she was wiser to keep that ugly truth to herself? To always tell the truth is unrealistic. The small lies that most people tell every day help to lubricate the wheels of society and keep things rolling along smoothly. Lies told for malicious purposes have a way of growing and getting entangled. They nearly always end up ensnaring the liar who told them in the first place, building between him and reality a thorny thicket of untruths and half lies that eventually catch him out. I know that many will say that The truth is glorious.The truth has an inherent beauty. The truth will set you free! Once the truth is out there, you have no choice but to feel free.No doubt Lying certainly doesn't help, it just clouds the picture of our lives. But what does it hurt to tell a plain girl she looks lovely? Why is it necessary to hurt someone's feelings with brutal honesty if a gentle lie would make them feel great? In the face of disaster, telling the truth may cause those involved to give up all hope and cease trying to survive, but an optimistic lie may give them the strength to carry on. We are even encouraged to lie to ourselves when ill because the power of positive thinking can be a wonderful medicine. There are times when pure, naked and hurtful truth is an absolute necessity. Sugar-coating in reality does no-one any favours, while on the other hand a few well-placed home truths can save lives, or make broken lives better. But to tell the truth always? No, that's not wise. It is selfish and unkind. Well I think spitting out truth each and every time isn't wise. At times it can be cruel and unkind. What are your views people. :-)