" When you tell one lie, it leads to another." 

-- Paul Hatch--

What this quote is saying that if you lie once that lie will lead to another lie and then another and it keeps going until you say the truth. This is showing that lying is a bad thing because then you get used to it and start using it more often or it just becomes a bad habit that will be hard to be get rid of. For example, this happened to me one time in elementary school i was in 3rd or 4th grade and my friend and I didn't want to be outside for recess and so we went upstairs and went into a work room where we weren't suppose to be because we couldn't be in the hallways because we would disturb other classes. So we heard some one coming and so we went to go and hide so we wouldn't get caught and not get in trouble.We hid but then the teacher came back and saw us and we said a lie so we wouldn't get in trouble, but that teacher took us to the teacher we said sent us to the work room to get something, and then she took us and she told him and we said another lie and another until we decided to tell him the truth and apologize to him. Yes we did get in trouble at the end but we learned that if we kept lying we would've gotten more in trouble.