Don't you know my friend, it is not the most fluent man that has the greatest effect with a jury? It is the man who tells the truth. - D.L Moody
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Colossians 3:9-10
Anyone can tell a lie. The problem with a lie is you have to tell another lie to cover up the first one you told. Then you have to tell another and another, until before you know it, you don’t know what the truth is.
It is honorable to tell the truth even when the truth hurts. You may lose a friend. You may lose a job. It may cost you more than you really want to pay. But in the long run, you will gain more friends being truthful than you had in the beginning.
