“True friends stab you in the front.” - Oscar Wilde
Although we would all like to believe that our true friends don't lie to us, we know that they do. Everyone lies. The difference between a true friend's lies and another person's lies, is that they usually only do it to protect us from the truth. And even though their lies may hurt us at times they are always there to ease the pain.
A true friend will say something that the other friend might not want to hear,but still a true friend will not lie about it. The true friend will tell you the truth even if it hurts. So I agree with this statement.
that is true if they were really your true friend they would never lie to you even it was something hard to say or it could risk your friendship they would still tell you because they only do it for the good of you and not themselves. Most friends we have would only stab us in the back. you think they're a really good friend but in truth just when you least expect it they lie and deceive you. You'll learn in life that all the people you have that you once called "best friends" were really just people who come and go through your life. That is why you have to be thankful for the true friends you do have the ones who don't lie and won't be afraid to tell you the truth no matter how much it may hurt. The ones who will stay by your side no matter the situation. that's a true friend.
Everyone lies everyday, intended or not. Strangers lie because they don't want to be bother. Enemies lie because they want to harm you. True friends lie to protect you. Even though lie is lie, but the purpose of those lies can make a lot of differences.
I partially agree with this statement. A true friend, in my book, will tell you what other people don't want to, wether that's something simple like if your clothes match or something hard like if your boyfriend cheated on you. True friends tell it like it is. However, we are all human. We all make mistakes. Sometimes true friends do lie, but that's when you have to look past the lie to the reason behind it. The lie was wrong, there's no doubt about that, however, the intention could have been pure. While no one wants to admit it, we've all done it. But as you gain a true deep friendship, you start to realize that you want the truth and that the other person deserves and wants the truth. They may not thank you then, but in the long run, it'll be worth it and they'll be thankful.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. -Buddha
Friends can hurt each other badly by lying because they are usually trusted and believed. A true friend will not do this though; they will not hurt another to pain them. If they lie, it is to save their feelings or "minds". A true friend is there to tell us the truth, even if it might hurt.
Whether you believe it or not, people do lie because we are all perfectly imperfect. Lies can tear the best of friendships apart. Usually when you lie once, you string along more lies. A web of lies makes it hard for your friendship to remain untangled. So if you really were a true friend, would you really want to complicate a great friendship?
Yes people lie, but this statement can have two sides. It could be a lie depending on the perspective or knowledge. Say I told someone I thought they were ugly, and it was true to me, but the person I said it about thought they were pretty, which is true to them. A friend might say the converse of that statement, but it would still hold the same value.
True friends or not, lies are going to be told at some point. Sometimes we think of our true friends of being too great and loyal towards us that we forget that honesty slips away from us at times. Lies are often to told because people are afraid of the truth or the reactions , or simply because they care about others.
A true friend should not lie to you but everyone makes mistakes. A true friend should always tell you the truth weather it is hurts or not. They should want you to be happy and know everything as it is. Therefore, a true friend might sometimes lie but it is always wrong.
As disappointing as it may be to hear this particular statement is not always the case in reality. Now don't get the wrong idea, a true friend wouldn't hit your dog with a car on accident and then tell you that he/she hasn't seen it, however he/she may say to you that your new jacket is as cool as his/hers when it's obvious that theirs is much cooler and the color brings out their eyes. So to sum everything up, a true friend would only lie to you about something that it probably wouldn't matter much to you if they told the truth or not.
A true friend is not a friend who never lies to you but one who will tell only little fibs to try and protect you at certain times. They would not lie about important things but more in a joking manner. I think that everyone can keep something back for themselves. It would be wonderful if everyone told the truth but it would also hurt a lot of people in more way than one.
While true friends may not lie to each other they are also very hard to come by. Most people, will never have a "true" friend but as a human being we were made to survive with some form of independence. Friends are not necessary, they cloud, judge, and in the end will inevitably hold you back. At the majority of which will.
That is not true. Friends lie all the time. Most of the time it's just to keep you happy and not hurt your feelings but it's about little trivial things. When it comes to important things true friends don't lie. They tell you what you need to hear. Simple as that and if the truth hurts you they will stick with you through it.
Friends lie. Whether or not they are true is determined by how MUCH they lie. A good friend will lie to protect feelings, while a true friend will lie only to protect the person from harm.
Friends will lie to you, but if they are a true friend then that lie will not be made to hurt you. They could lie to protect you, or even encourage you.
Everyone will lie at some point in their life, weather it be a big or small. A true friend might use this as a defense mechanisim to protect their friend from gettting hurt. However, in the long run that may not be the case. A real, true friend should be there for someone no matter the circumstances even if it might not be what they want to hear.
The following quote "A true friend never lies to one another." is completely false no matter how bad we would love it to hold true. It is fact that, being the humans we are, we lie. It is just something inevitable. A simple "friend" may lie with little concern to your feelings or how you would be affected compared to themselves. They would more likely do it for their own benefit. But a "true friend" is something incomparable with your average "friend". A "true friend" should and will put you before themselves. They only think about how it would aid you by going out of their own way. No matter what the situation is, or the degree of the situation, they're still right next to you to make sure everything is alright. So if lying is a way for a "true friend" to accomplish that goal, then by all means do it. But then when the time is right to confess, then it is a must because honesty is key to any relationship.
Lying is inevitable. Everyone lies or is lied to. But there are different extents of lying. True friends will lie when they think they are saving a friend from hurt, when really the friend will be even more hurt in the long run if they figure out they have been lied to. the difference between a true friend lying and just another person is lying is that a true friend thinks or is trying to help you and just any other person is intentionally lying and not thinking about the persons own good.
The quote above is different for every person. I believe that in order to protect your friend you do not have to lie to them about something that will hurt them. Instead of putting your time into thinking on what to tell them instead of the truth, you could be using that time to think of how to show them that the lie is completely pointless and that they are better than that. A true friend does not have to lie to protect someone's feeling, they need to be there for them and pick them up when they are down. That is the true definition of friendship.
I don't think true friends lie. When I read this I thought of the many times my friends and I are shopping and something really doesn't look cute on them and you have to decide to tell them at the risk of their feelings or not tell them at the risk of their social life. Well of course you should tell them. That's what your there for. The key is learning how to break news gently.
I dont mean to sound like a broken record, but everyone does lie. We cant help it as humans. Most of us do not lie to try and hurt someone they do it trying to protect their friends or just as a joke. Weather it be a question such as "Do these pants make my butt look big?" and you say No when their butt looks bigger the the whole state of Texas, or when you just pull the good ole joke of "My dad got a new job in Kansas and I have to move this summer" Most of the time when friends lie to one anther its no big deal or anything life changing. These kind of white lies were never intended for any harm.
True friends should never lie to one another, even if the truth is not necessarily what the other wants to hear. Lies of any sort are never good in a friendship (or any type of relationship, for that matter) because lies have a way of making it back around to the person who started it and biting him/her in the butt, as well as making it back around to the person who is being lied to and stabbing them in the back. Both of these options break the honesty policy between the two persons involved. And if honesty is not guaranteed between two people, what is guaranteed?
The quote above should be true, but that's not always the case. A freindship is about being able to tell the truth, but at the same time you dont want to hurt your friend's feelings. Some of the small things you lie about may not hurt the friend, but when it comes to big deals, you always need to tell your friend the truth. Everyone does lie, but there comes a limit on what it is about. So I believe a true friend may lie, but only to an extent.
“True friends stab you in the front.”
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Although we would all like to believe that our true friends don't lie to us, we know that they do. Everyone lies. The difference between a true friend's lies and another person's lies, is that they usually only do it to protect us from the truth. And even though their lies may hurt us at times they are always there to ease the pain.
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ReplyDeleteA true friend will say something that the other friend might not want to hear,but still a true friend will not lie about it. The true friend will tell you the truth even if it hurts. So I agree with this statement.
ReplyDeletethat is true if they were really your true friend they would never lie to you even it was something hard to say or it could risk your friendship they would still tell you because they only do it for the good of you and not themselves. Most friends we have would only stab us in the back. you think they're a really good friend but in truth just when you least expect it they lie and deceive you. You'll learn in life that all the people you have that you once called "best friends" were really just people who come and go through your life. That is why you have to be thankful for the true friends you do have the ones who don't lie and won't be afraid to tell you the truth no matter how much it may hurt. The ones who will stay by your side no matter the situation. that's a true friend.
ReplyDeleteEveryone lies everyday, intended or not. Strangers lie because they don't want to be bother. Enemies lie because they want to harm you. True friends lie to protect you. Even though lie is lie, but the purpose of those lies can make a lot of differences.
ReplyDeleteI partially agree with this statement. A true friend, in my book, will tell you what other people don't want to, wether that's something simple like if your clothes match or something hard like if your boyfriend cheated on you. True friends tell it like it is. However, we are all human. We all make mistakes. Sometimes true friends do lie, but that's when you have to look past the lie to the reason behind it. The lie was wrong, there's no doubt about that, however, the intention could have been pure. While no one wants to admit it, we've all done it. But as you gain a true deep friendship, you start to realize that you want the truth and that the other person deserves and wants the truth. They may not thank you then, but in the long run, it'll be worth it and they'll be thankful.
ReplyDeleteAn insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. -Buddha
ReplyDeleteFriends can hurt each other badly by lying because they are usually trusted and believed. A true friend will not do this though; they will not hurt another to pain them. If they lie, it is to save their feelings or "minds". A true friend is there to tell us the truth, even if it might hurt.
Whether you believe it or not, people do lie because we are all perfectly imperfect. Lies can tear the best of friendships apart. Usually when you lie once, you string along more lies. A web of lies makes it hard for your friendship to remain untangled. So if you really were a true friend, would you really want to complicate a great friendship?
ReplyDeleteYes people lie, but this statement can have two sides. It could be a lie depending on the perspective or knowledge. Say I told someone I thought they were ugly, and it was true to me, but the person I said it about thought they were pretty, which is true to them. A friend might say the converse of that statement, but it would still hold the same value.
ReplyDeleteTrue friends or not, lies are going to be told at some point. Sometimes we think of our true friends of being too great and loyal towards us that we forget that honesty slips away from us at times. Lies are often to told because people are afraid of the truth or the reactions , or simply because they care about others.
ReplyDeleteA true friend should not lie to you but everyone makes mistakes. A true friend should always tell you the truth weather it is hurts or not. They should want you to be happy and know everything as it is. Therefore, a true friend might sometimes lie but it is always wrong.
ReplyDeleteAs disappointing as it may be to hear this particular statement is not always the case in reality. Now don't get the wrong idea, a true friend wouldn't hit your dog with a car on accident and then tell you that he/she hasn't seen it, however he/she may say to you that your new jacket is as cool as his/hers when it's obvious that theirs is much cooler and the color brings out their eyes. So to sum everything up, a true friend would only lie to you about something that it probably wouldn't matter much to you if they told the truth or not.
ReplyDeleteA true friend is not a friend who never lies to you but one who will tell only little fibs to try and protect you at certain times. They would not lie about important things but more in a joking manner. I think that everyone can keep something back for themselves. It would be wonderful if everyone told the truth but it would also hurt a lot of people in more way than one.
ReplyDeleteWhile true friends may not lie to each other they are also very hard to come by. Most people, will never have a "true" friend but as a human being we were made to survive with some form of independence. Friends are not necessary, they cloud, judge, and in the end will inevitably hold you back. At the majority of which will.
ReplyDeleteThat is not true. Friends lie all the time. Most of the time it's just to keep you happy and not hurt your feelings but it's about little trivial things. When it comes to important things true friends don't lie. They tell you what you need to hear. Simple as that and if the truth hurts you they will stick with you through it.
ReplyDeleteFriends lie. Whether or not they are true is determined by how MUCH they lie. A good friend will lie to protect feelings, while a true friend will lie only to protect the person from harm.
ReplyDeleteFriends will lie to you, but if they are a true friend then that lie will not be made to hurt you. They could lie to protect you, or even encourage you.
ReplyDeleteEveryone will lie at some point in their life, weather it be a big or small. A true friend might use this as a defense mechanisim to protect their friend from gettting hurt. However, in the long run that may not be the case. A real, true friend should be there for someone no matter the circumstances even if it might not be what they want to hear.
ReplyDeleteThe following quote "A true friend never lies to one another." is completely false no matter how bad we would love it to hold true. It is fact that, being the humans we are, we lie. It is just something inevitable. A simple "friend" may lie with little concern to your feelings or how you would be affected compared to themselves. They would more likely do it for their own benefit. But a "true friend" is something incomparable with your average "friend". A "true friend" should and will put you before themselves. They only think about how it would aid you by going out of their own way. No matter what the situation is, or the degree of the situation, they're still right next to you to make sure everything is alright. So if lying is a way for a "true friend" to accomplish that goal, then by all means do it. But then when the time is right to confess, then it is a must because honesty is key to any relationship.
ReplyDeleteLying is inevitable. Everyone lies or is lied to. But there are different extents of lying. True friends will lie when they think they are saving a friend from hurt, when really the friend will be even more hurt in the long run if they figure out they have been lied to. the difference between a true friend lying and just another person is lying is that a true friend thinks or is trying to help you and just any other person is intentionally lying and not thinking about the persons own good.
ReplyDeleteThe quote above is different for every person. I believe that in order to protect your friend you do not have to lie to them about something that will hurt them. Instead of putting your time into thinking on what to tell them instead of the truth, you could be using that time to think of how to show them that the lie is completely pointless and that they are better than that. A true friend does not have to lie to protect someone's feeling, they need to be there for them and pick them up when they are down. That is the true definition of friendship.
ReplyDeleteI don't think true friends lie. When I read this I thought of the many times my friends and I are shopping and something really doesn't look cute on them and you have to decide to tell them at the risk of their feelings or not tell them at the risk of their social life. Well of course you should tell them. That's what your there for. The key is learning how to break news gently.
ReplyDeleteI dont mean to sound like a broken record, but everyone does lie. We cant help it as humans. Most of us do not lie to try and hurt someone they do it trying to protect their friends or just as a joke. Weather it be a question such as "Do these pants make my butt look big?" and you say No when their butt looks bigger the the whole state of Texas, or when you just pull the good ole joke of "My dad got a new job in Kansas and I have to move this summer" Most of the time when friends lie to one anther its no big deal or anything life changing. These kind of white lies were never intended for any harm.
ReplyDeleteTrue friends should never lie to one another, even if the truth is not necessarily what the other wants to hear. Lies of any sort are never good in a friendship (or any type of relationship, for that matter) because lies have a way of making it back around to the person who started it and biting him/her in the butt, as well as making it back around to the person who is being lied to and stabbing them in the back. Both of these options break the honesty policy between the two persons involved. And if honesty is not guaranteed between two people, what is guaranteed?
ReplyDelete(I'm the 1st period Emily, by the wayside!!)
The quote above should be true, but that's not always the case. A freindship is about being able to tell the truth, but at the same time you dont want to hurt your friend's feelings. Some of the small things you lie about may not hurt the friend, but when it comes to big deals, you always need to tell your friend the truth. Everyone does lie, but there comes a limit on what it is about. So I believe a true friend may lie, but only to an extent.
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