As they say, honesty is the best policy, but sometimes in life we are put in situations where there is an exception to that policy. I'm not saying go around and be untruthful, but it is sometimes okay to stretch the truth for the benefit of the other individual. Parents seem to "lie" to their children for many years about how things work, or simply about Santa Claus. They don't do this to be bad parents, they do this because at that time their children are not prepared for the truth and are still innocent. This quote by Thomas Pynchon reminded me of how I may have not always been told the truth, but I still ended up happy and satisfied.
Thomas Pynchon, Vineland (Canada: Little, Brown and Company, 1990), pg. 17
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