Some people prefer telling lies..

Two expressions came to mind when I saw this post. You may have heard them before. "Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive" (Sir Walter Scott, "Marmion", 1808) and the other is "The truth will out" (Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice", 1596). Very old sayings, written by literary geniuses of their time, that still hold true today. Lying requires a good memory. I believe telling the truth is the better option. It's less complicated. Sometimes people feel the truth is too hurtful to an individual and take it upon themselves to change it somewhat (lie). Like you, I prefer the truth, even if it hurts. That's where the expression "brutally honest" comes from, I guess. Being truthful with yourself can be very difficult depending on your situation, personality, emotional state and other factors. Almost everybody knows someone who has a glorified opinion of themselves. Are these types of people honest with themselves? Probably not. Are they honest with everyone else? Maybe, maybe not. I'm honest with myself and it's not a pretty picture. But I have nothing to gain and something to lose if I'm not honest about things. And with others, I haven't been in a position (lately) where I would have to choose between the two, thankfully. Interesting topic. To lie or not to lie. Appropriate smiley.

Having a little white lie, is not that much of a problem most especially making an excuse to save someone such as not offending a person whose been damaged by some relationship he/she had undergo. Somehow, we really can’t help but to lie in a way that I will make things more positive, but this is not a good take on dealing with life, because sooner or later such lies will then be revealed be it in a good or a bad approach.

I hate lies too.... Being true to yourself is important. Then you can be true to others.

As for me I also state the truth even if it will hurt a person rather than making him believe in lies. Well sometimes there are what we call 'good lies' wherein we need to lie in order not to aggravate things further. And also in telling the truth that is maybe hard to accept, we should say it in a nice way.

Yes these days telling lies has become fashion, nobody has courage face the truth.

I also believe in telling the truth, most of the time there is no point in lying and some people will lie about the smallest things when they could have just simply told the truth. Telling the truth can also help you build trust with people, because they can trust in the fact that you won't lie to them and that you are a honest person.