always telling a lie VS always telling the truth

These days, there is an issue about whether people should always tell a truth. Some people strongly argue that it is very important not to tell a lie to friend or family to keep good relationship because they believe truth is bridge that connects between people. It is undeniable that truth is important, however, I believe telling a lie plays as significant role as telling a truth. It is implausible for people to tell a truth every time. I think people should know telling a lie is also sometimes beneficial. Today in this essay, I would like show certain situations in which people should tell a lie or truth in following paragraph.

First of all, I admit that it is necessary for people to tell the truth when it comes to serious matter. It is nature of human that they don’t want to face the reality that makes them feel sad or sense of desperation. However, the best way is to be aware of his or her problem and make efforts to fix it but it is hard for people to realize his or her weakness so it is friend or other people who can notice them an unpleasant truth. For example, when I was a university student, I had a closest friend called Jerry. One of his die hard habits was not doing his assignment. So as a sincere friend, I told him the truth that he will not be able to graduate the university unless he do his assignments. Even though I hurt his feeling, he could realize his serious problem and he started to do his assignment. Eventually, he could graduate the university with good credit.

On the contrary, when it is not that serious issue, people should be allowed to tell a lie to maintain good relationship between people. To give you an idea, here is my own experience. Last week, I was doing homework; suddenly my older brother came to me and asked ‘how do like my hairstyle?’ I couldn’t help but to say ‘oh, it awesome, fabulous!’ of course, it was the worst hairstyle I have even seen in my life. Still though, I didn’t want to make him feel bad so I just told him a