Children and fools tell the truth

It is a normal human tendency to teach young children that they should always speak the truth otherwise God will punish them . Children therefore always speak the truth. It is their innocence that is looked upon in this proverb , here again reference is made of fools, they have no thinking process, they are as innocent as children.  

Certain circumstances are encountered in life whereby speaking the truth may not be advisable and the same may cause harm. It is here that the proverb holds true that it is sometimes advantageous to lie. Children and fools do not have a well developed thinking process and hence they do not know that it is sometimes advantageous to lie.

This proverb may sound as simple and easy as it states. However this is not always true. Children lie quite often, this they will aptly prove that they have learnt it from their parents, media and other children. The reason why they lie can be numerous; for pleasure, to get out of trouble and punishment, or just as a way of experimenting. As stated earlier their thinking process is not fully developed and they cannot think as aptly as an adult. 

We are aware that lying is wrong still at times we may have to lie which may not be wrong. A lie to the boss for leave, a lie about spending habits to our spouse to keep up a healthy relation and certain other lies. Any lie by which we are not hurting someone or not causing harm to someone but the lie helps us at a personal level is acceptable. One cannot always speak the truth. Here the justification for the lie should be adequate. Research has found that human beings tend to lie. 

Hence the proverb aptly holds true that children and fools always tell the truth.