Honesty

Honesty is the best policy:
Only if there is a chance
that you will be found out.
It's really best to tell them
what they want to hear:
they'll say they want to hear
the truth, but what is
the truth anyway: an illusion,
in its attempting to attain
a reality that is not there,
an interpretation, a belief.
Then is not even honesty
a lie? Honesty still requires
the others trust in the reality
of the ones belief: even honesty
is not believed to be honesty:
the other may believe that you
are lying when you are telling
the truth, and this doubt increases
if you lie and are found out:

honesty is essential to trust
but people prefer to hear what
they want to hear: so don't lie
if there's a significant chance
that you will be found out.

Tell them what will please them
or not displease them.
If you lie and are found out
the best thing to do is to
create another lie that would
be a reason why you wouldn't
have wanted to tell them.