1. Telling the truth lets everyone know what really happened. There's less chance if misunderstanding,confusion, or conflict.
2. Telling the truth protects innocent people from being blamed and punished.
3. Telling the truth allows everyone to learn from what happened.
4. You usually get into less trouble for telling the truth other than for lying(and getting caught)
5. Other people trust you more when you tell the truth 
6. You don't have to tell(and remember)   more lies to keep your story straight.
7. 
   You gain a reputation for being truthful-a trait most people value
8. Telling the truth helps you to feel secure and peaceful inside.

- Barbara A. Lewis

What Barbara is saying is true but it is also wrong in other people eyes what I mean is when you tell the truth as a little kid you are hated on by other kids also when you tell the truth as a teen you are not only hated on but other things can happend as well for example having something taken away from you or losing a friend. Things like that stop people from talking yes it's not always bad to lie but people do it anyways because they think that it will end up better for them that way. So this quote has some pros and cons to it but every quote has it because well everything has its pros and cons to it.