I try very hard to be truthful, but in some cases it's unrealistic. For instance, if someone asks you, "Am I fat?" they probably don't want to hear, "Yeah, you're big as a house." So while I can't always be 100 per cent truthful, I try to avoid deliberately lying.

Thats hard to do with everyone. Especially sales people lol.

I hate to say it but sometimes we can go without the truth.

maybe not all of the time. I do not want to be so blunt that I would be hurting someone. sometimes saying nothing is easier for me. I grew up around some very brutally blunt people who would gladly tell you exactly what they thought in the nastiest way they could. yet those same people could be bared faced liars, spreading their gossip and causing rifts just to watch people fight. maybe because of some of my relatives, I have found it easier{at times} to remain silent, or at least try and avoid hurting someone. I try to be honest in ways though. just not brutally honest.

Someone told me that I'm one of the most truthful persons she ever knew, because she never caught me lying. Small wonder. I only lie if I'm dead sure that I won't be caught. That's not very often, but it happens.

What I find much more disturbing about veracity is the damned nuisance that it often takes so much time to tell all of the truth. The better one understands the longer it takes to explain. It often happened to me that I could only tell a scrap of the truth because there was just not enough time to be heard out or to think up a balanced summary. To say "I can't tell in five minutes, and won't try" is also not satisfying.

A bent towards veracity is a curse.  

I'm with Messenger; I'm definitely honest, probably a little TOO honest at times.

I am probably one of those people who speaks his mind a little bit too much, but I am also a firm believer that certain things are better left unsaid.

People don't want truth. . .they want vailidation for themselves and their philosophies. . .they want mirrors when they claim they want someone else's view. . .

Most of the time, you have to be bluntly honest. Other times, you have to be honest while finding a tactful way of expressing it. Then, there are times when saying nothing at all is the best option.

It depends on the situation. For the most part, I am an honest person. The only thing that might prevent me is if it were to hurt someone emotionally or get someone else in trouble.