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Is truth more important than personal happiness?
I'm doing an essay on a book about a love story of the sixteenth century, "The wife of Martin Guerre. "Gotta write an essay on wheter personal happiness or the truth is more important, in connection with that book. I've been thinking bout him and I think the truth is more important, since it can derive happiness from the truth. Wondering if I could hear their own opinions and if you could drop some ideas on how I could write my essay. thanks =]]
I have 56, was a primary teacher and I am a very honest sincere person. It has caused heartache at times, but in this long life I have found that "the truth really free," but one also has to consider, for example, if you will honestly tell his wife who had an affair, I think you really need to think about how you will do, not to cover his ass, but in order not to hurt them horribly, especially if you care about them as a human being, but the celebration on lies and deception will eat like battery acid, you may think you are getting away with forever, but will not, What goes around comes around.
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