Lying is two types:
1. Saying something different to the truth
2. Withholding the truth
The second type is stranger to people. They think to themselves that it's alright, they're only staying quiet.
I'm doing no harm. I'm only staying quiet.
You are foolish, and you are a liar. When you don't say what you know to be true, you're not "only staying quiet": you are purposefully leading somebody to believe something that isn't true about you, or about something.
What's the difference between lying and letting somebody believe a lie quietly? Nothing.
You're deceiving all the same.
1. Saying something different to the truth
2. Withholding the truth
The second type is stranger to people. They think to themselves that it's alright, they're only staying quiet.
I'm doing no harm. I'm only staying quiet.
You are foolish, and you are a liar. When you don't say what you know to be true, you're not "only staying quiet": you are purposefully leading somebody to believe something that isn't true about you, or about something.
What's the difference between lying and letting somebody believe a lie quietly? Nothing.
You're deceiving all the same.