What is a lie? According to Webster's dictionary a lie is defined as, a falsehood; a false appearance. St. Augustine identified 8 kinds of lies. Mark Twain came up with 869 lies. Most lies fall within three categories, 1st Lies to protect others, or "I love your dress.", 2nd Lies in the interest of the liar, or "The dog ate my homework." 3rd Lies to cause harm, or "Trust me on this one." Everyone has told a lie in their life, whether it was a little white lie, or a big terrible lie, that ended up hurting someone, but no one is perfect and everyone must lie at some point or another.
             Lies to protect other, or " I love your dress" This category includes little lies, nothing too serious. These are the lies that one tell their pregnant wife, " no honey you don't look fat". These are the lies that everyone knows are lies, but they don't want to be rude, so they are said to protect that person, and not to hurt their feelings.
             These types of lies are the most common, and everyone has told lies. I know a particular example from my life that fits in the this category. One of my friends just got a haircut, and it was a very bad haircut. His hair was all different lengths. It was colored, and for some reason parts of the coloring didn't work, so there were blotches of hair that were blonde and parts that were brown, and it just looked absolutely terrible. So, he came to me and asked my for my opinion on the haircut, and I couldn't just say "that's terrible, that's the worst haircut I've ever seen." I was forced to tell a lie. Fortunately for me, my friend was pretty easy going, and although I lied to him, he knew I was lying and didn't mind that I lied. He was in fact glad that I tried to make him feel better.
             Lies in the interest of the liar, or "the dog ate my homework." This is the type of lie told to get out of a sticky...