Throughout your life at one point you have told a lie whether or not it was big or small just like everyone else. One of the most common reasons people lie is because they are afraid of the consequences they need to face from some type of action they did. People lie so that the don't have to admit that they did wrong and get in trouble for their mistake. Everyone has the fear of getting in trouble for something that they did but some people want so much not to get in trouble that they would tell lie after lie to try and get out of it. Also when people are embarrassed of not having something or when they want people to think highly of them for having something they don't actually have the lie about it. Some people lie a small amount to get out of something but there are other's who tell so many lies that they get addicted to telling them. One way or another someone who is always telling lies to cover more lies is going to get caught in some way and most likely called out for lying. It would be very burdensome and stressful for people who lie all the time to try and cover lie after lie so it would be better to tell the truth from the very beginning because it doesn't make anyone any better then they already were.