Throughout life people have been suffering from those two things: the lie and the truth. Some people say both are painful why not lying when the truth going to be painful. To lie is also sometime painful and if it does not know it's not a lie. I think lying is ever ok because it is interesting to not mention or let out the whole truth than lying if u know a person is going to hurt. Like Richard says "it's interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong."
As we are not perfect we can not stay out of trouble. Sometime the lie come easier out of our mouths when we are wrong. But the consequence of lying is more intractable than the truth. It's not ok to build a relationship up on lies. We can not hide the truth,so it's better to say it early because it will be discover later. And when it comes out it will be more painful than ever. we will lost our friends confidence and they will never trust us again.It is not okay to lie.
in addition, lying to someone wil not only hurt the person that we are lying to. Emotionally when we know that we lie to someone we love we also hurt ourselves. Deep inside we know that we are wide of the mark. The way we were man enough to messed up we should man up to say the truth Because it will set us free. It will give us back the persone confidence, but lying will destroy the relationship for ever.It is not wise to lie.
Under any circumstances lie is not okay. i admit, i lie , do lie ,have lied. I do not think there is anyone who has not. Even there might be conflic by telling the truth. It is more acceptable to not mention anything than lying. we can skip the truth or not telling the whole story than lying because lying is something that people should avoid to do.