Throughout our lives we’ve all been told certain phrases over and over, usually to make us feel better. We repeat them over and over, usually to make someone else feel better.

These sayings are so engrained in us that we never stop to think about whether they’re actually true, let alone helpful.

Well, I did stop to think. What I found is that we lie more than George Santos on Tinder.

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