It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. -Henry Louis Mencken

Is honesty really the best policy?

By being honest we often hurt the people that mean to us most. So, it's choosing the lesser of the two evils - lying or inflicting pain on our loved ones. How do you choose, though?

We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger. ~Tad Williams

The cruelest lies are often told in silence. ~Adlai Stevenson

If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships. ~Bertrand Russell

Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb

There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, "Yes," you know he is a crook. ~Groucho Marx

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