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“ Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” In the story “ Like the Sun” Sekhar plans to tell the truth for a whole day, but telling the truth got Sekhar in trouble. He ends up lying to his wife and kids. Honesty is not always the best policy because, it could hurt someone’s feelings, get someone into serious trouble, Firstly, Honesty is not the best policy because you could hurt someone’s feelings. If someone asks you if they look alright and you say no, they are going to take that offensive. In my opinion telling the truth is not worth hurting somebody’s feelings. That person may never talk to you again or may hurt your feelings back and that’ll just turn into one big fight. Secondly, Honesty is not the best policy because you could lose
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