Do you lie to friends?

[Ozme52]

I don't know. Can you give me some examples?

I will... later. Thorne's example works too.
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But I have a better example. How about this direct (white or otherwise) lie?

You wake up with a headache. Feel awful. Go to work anyway because you have an important meeting, let's say, with a new client of some sort. New client greets you and asks the obligatory "How are you today?"

Do you tell him? Say nothing? Or do you say "Fine, and you?"

Is it important or even relevent to tell your new client that you feel horrible, and even the cause of your headache? And assuming it doesn't affect the meeting and won't in the future affect your work, would the client want to hear the details of your temporary woes?

I'd say lying is always wrong, and it would take a really tricky and bad situation to justify it.

Do you still stand by that statement?