Why should people be honest?

Question

Why should people be honest?
Is being honest something you would not abandon?

Answer

Honestly? It depends on what you want in life. If you want surface relationships, then honesty tends to undermine them. If you want a deeper life, relationships that last, then honesty develops trust, though at times it inserts pain into the relationship.brbrThen again, if you consider yourself the center of the universe, honesty makes you face the mirror of truth yourself, and that can undo the best of us. Better to hide behind the masks of a mirror that says, quotYou are the most beautiful, most intellectual, most interesting personquot then hear, quotIts Snow White.quotbrbrFinally, if you choose to believe there is no such thing as eternity and facing a just Judge, then Id say honesty is probably not all its cracked up to be. But, if there is an eternal Judge, hmm, I bet honesty might just be the best policy.