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Always telling the truth is the most important consideration in any relationship between people. Agree or disagree?
As we were children, one of the most essential principles that our parents told us is not to tell a lie. This happened usually when we denied breaking a vase or something else like that, which made our parents angry. But actually, telling the truth is not always the most important one especially when contacting with others.
Firstly, not telling the truth is sometimes able to avoid hurting others. It is obvious that people don’t want to hear the truth in some case. For example, my classmate Ann was crossed in love recently. She was crying, and stop having meals, which worried us a lot. When she asked me whether the man loved her or not, I just looked into her eyes, and told her the answer----“yes, and he’ll be back.” We all know that it’s a white lie, but it does make her feel better.
Secondly, in some situations it’s not possible to tell the 100% truth, which is one of the most common phenomenons in society. To some extent, not telling the truth isn’t equal to telling a lie, there are some people who exaggerate what the truth is. Our society is filled with the examples of lies that don’t worry anyone. Nowadays, turning on the television, you can see advertisements on almost every channel, in which the speakers shout out loud that the products it introduced is “the best”, ”the cheapest”, “the most environmental-friendly”. These are strategies that attract people to buy the products, and none of the customers would be annoyed if they are not the real cheapest one.
Sure, honesty is the basic part of being an upright person, and the society may collapse if nobody tells the truth. Like what I said at the beginning of the passage, honesty is one of the things we learnt first in our life. Let’s suppose a person who seldom tells the truth, even if others believed him at first, they wouldn’t trust him any longer when they know the truth. However, when it comes to the word “always”, in my opinion, the viewpoint that telling the truth is the most important thing in social activity is not precise.
From what has been discussed above, we could safely draw the conclusion that telling the truth, in a way, is not the most consideration when contacting with others, because there is always some exception. Therefore, I strongly suggest people tell a white lie if necessary, for truth will sometimes hurt others and telling lies will avoid a lot of trouble. |
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