Truthfulness and honesty are positive character traits. However, there are situations when your straightforwardness can harm both you and those around you. In such cases, it is better not to tell the truth.
Lie to the rescue
A common situation is when a person lies to show himself in a better light than he really is. If this does not bring significant harm to anyone, it is better to hide the truth in such cases. However, when other people's interests may suffer from your deliberate deception, it is worth considering before lying.
It happens that people lie at work when their manager is interested in the volume and timing of the work performed. If an employee honestly says that he did not start the task assigned to him all day, this will negatively affect his professional reputation, and in some cases may even lead to the loss of his job.
It is clear that a person has the right to make a mistake, but a strict boss can have his own opinion on this matter. Therefore, let the lie to the employer remain on your conscience.
Good intentions
There are times when telling the truth can hurt another person. If at the same time there is no benefit from your directness, there is no point in rebelling the soul of your loved one, friend or acquaintance.
Sometimes they hide his diagnosis from a seriously ill person, and he, not knowing that he is doomed, gets out. Perhaps if he had been told the truth, the healing would not have happened.
We can say that it is your duty to hide bad news from loved ones. But remember that while doing this, you must control the situation. By hiding the truth from your family, you automatically take responsibility for ensuring that your hiding the truth does not bring negative consequences.
Extra details
It happens that a person does not lie, but does not say something about something. This is not a bad thing, again, as long as others do not suffer from his actions. For example, some questions are fictitious and do not need to be answered in detail.
Also, there is no need to tell about many things to young children and especially impressionable natures. It will probably be better if you hide from your child the whole truth about some terrible incident that does not directly concern him.
Politeness
Sometimes etiquette just forces people to lie. Imagine that you came to visit and you didn’t like absolutely anything: neither the interior, nor the food, nor the outfit of the owners, nor the behavior of their children.
When the hosts ask you about what impressions this visit left you, and whether you liked everything, you probably won't tell the whole truth. And you will do the right thing. Your honesty will ruin the mood of people who have kindly invited you to their home. And your criticism is unlikely to be of practical use.
Or think about what will happen to your environment if you tell each person about all his shortcomings that you think about from time to time. You may notice small flaws in the behavior or attire of acquaintances, but you will not talk about them. And this is true, because such a truth is usually not needed.
