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I tell small "kind" lies or white lies all the time. There a couple of reasons for this:
-most people do not handle the blunt truth very maturely
-when I lie, telling the truth in that situation will generally not create a positive result in any fashion (such as: "What are you doing tonight?" - "I don't know" or "Nothing" as a response is normally either a lie or at least a vague semi-truth. Does that person knowing what you may be doing benefit them? Most likely not.)
So basically, I personally gauge when to lie and when to tell the truth on which path will be most beneficial/least harmful (in my judgment) to both the person with whom I am communicating, myself, and anyone else involved.
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"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." - Albert Einstein
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato
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