to be or not to be.....honest

Just what is honesty? Is it the same today as it was 20 or 40 years ago? What about truth? Ol' man Webster says this about honesty...2 a: fairness and straightforwardness of conduct b: adherence to the facts. Honesty implies a refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way. Ol' man Webster says this about truth...3 a: the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality. In truth as in accordance with fact. Does it matter if we mix some lies in with some truth as long as the truth outweighs the lies? How many lies can we mix and still claim the truth? If you are being treated unfair is OK to do the same? A lot of people I know believe it's OK to mix some truth and lies with some fairness and claim it as fact. Their reasoning... everybody does it!