the best policy. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. The proper basically

means it is usually best to tell the truth. Simply put, that's really what it

means. It stresses the idea that even though honesty is sometimes difficult in

certain situations, in the long run it usually produces the best results. So

that's the idea. That's the real idea behind it. Lies can start to have a life of

their own. You know, maybe you get lucky. Maybe you just tell a lie and that's it. It's

over, but on the other hand. Sometimes, sometimes more lies must be told to

cover previous lies and it could become a vicious cycle. And you never get any

rest. And you might eventually get caught in your lies. Once a person is considered

a liar, one can lose all credibility and then people may not even trust you when

you are telling the truth. So that's why they often say honesty is the best

policy. Or at least in most cases. Or if it's serious enough or if you really

don't have to lie, try to avoid lying. I guess that's the idea. All right. Let's

continue here though. However there is another side. On a daily basis people

often tell white lies. Now remember a white lie is a lie that's considered to

be less serious but also one that you tell simply so that you don't hurt

someone's feelings.So simply to be polite or not hurt the feelings of

others. If anyone had ever seen the old movie "Liar Liar " with Jim Carrey. You

can see many circumstances or many situations where white lies can make

life easier. You may not realize how many times, how many times a day you might actually

be telling some white lies. And you know not think anything that serious about it.

In, in the plot , his son wishes his father could never lie again because his father

disappointed him many times. He didn't show up for many dates and he had

a birthday and he made a wish and he wished that his father could never lie

again. And supposedly in the movie it comes true. And the father is unable to lie and

then you see all the situations that could happen on a daily basis where

sometimes you almost need to lie. You know, I don't know I guess there's a

woman who had a crazy hairdo and she asked them what do you think ? And he has to go

like "Oh it's special " Or you know he has to ... he has to find some way to get around it.

Or you know, I think there was a scene where he's, he's sleeping with one

of his superiors at the ... you know, at the law firm. It was a woman and she says oh well

how was it for you ? And he, he just came out wiht " I've had better. "

Yeah. Of course, she got really insulted by that. But you know, he he couldn't even

believe that came out of his mouth because he couldn't lie at that point. So

yeah, it was a lot of funny scenes in that movie. I think it was one time where

the teacher had asked the son, yeah what does your father do for a living ? And the

son says well he's a liar. And she says oh you mean a lawyer don't you ? No. and

he's like ( shrugging one's shoulders) that. Like what's the difference ? They lie all the time. So but

you know, in a serious manner that we... people probably do tell a lot of minor

lies. These are probably not the ones that they're talking about. But the more

serious lies or if you can avoid lies you know, it's probably always best to do

it because in the long term it may have the best results. Well let's continue

here. The proverb is often credited to Ben Franklin because it is included in

his writings. I think it's in I think it's in one of his books of Proverbs as

well so that's why they often give him credit for it. However the earliest

citing predates Franklin The first appearance of this proverb was stated by

Sir Edward Sandy's, an English politician. You know I think it was almost like

about a hundred years before Franklin was around. So he may have been the first

one to actually say it. Okay. Let's just give a couple of examples here. Example

number one. Don't some convoluted lie you know, a lot of

you know a lot of details and this deep story to excuse your behavior . Just be

honest with him. honesty is the best policy. So this is a

way that somebody may use it. Or number two here. You should have known better

than to let yourself get caught in a web of lies. Well that's a little bit like we

talked about before because sometimes you have to tell lies to cover the other

lies to cover the other lies. sometimes it gets hard to remember the

lies . Remember I think I covered a video of Mark Twain talking about. It's easier

to tell the truth simply because then then, then it's it's not so complicated.

You don't have to remember all the lies. Okay. Honesty is the best policy.

Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it was clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.