On honesty…

"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."

~Napoleon Bonaparte

Sometimes acting/exaggeration/hyperbole/white lies/lies of omission are necessary for social lubrication

we all use lying “as a tool of social survival”

It's not lying it's acting

As with the stoics talk about comforting somebody upon death and you have to appear sad with them but not to let it get to your heart you're not lying to him you're acting

(add info from p 157 Stoic Guide to Good Life)

“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.”

~ Nietzsche