A LIE IS BOUND TO FALL BUT THE TRUTH SSTANDS TALL. AUDREY , RANLO NORTH CAROLINA --- The truth is stronger then a lie Stephanie Liechty , Prairie Trace --- always stand on to legs when your telling the truth Lauren , School --- a lie doesn't have a sturdy foundation the truth does Lauren , Rockwall,TX. --- if you lie you will fall and if you tell the truth you will stand. Kiara , Potomac, Maryland --- What i think Ben meant is the truth is two times as better than a lie Huda , Antarctica --- Don't lie.Always tell the truth.It's hurtful to lie but graceful to tell the truth. Tori , Beverly Farms Elementry School --- I think that Benjamin ment that if you lie, life will be hard to get through, one can get thru life much easier on the truth, and on both feet, with a lie one may stand alone and on one leg, and it will be much harder to get to ones destanation on only one leg. GrannyBC , Humboldt County California --- So dont lie and you won't get in trouble. Paul S. , Eldon MO --- I think if you lie you are wrong and you are going to get caught and the truth will come out some time. Rita S , Eldon MO, --- A lie can only get you so far, after a while, it may come back at you. The truth will back you always. Julie , Fort Myers, FL --- Always speak the truth and never lie because it might come back at you. Devin , Strawberry School --- The truth is better than a lie. cambridge , San Antonio --- A lie will at some time get you in to trouble. Cambridge , San Antonio --- Ben was telling us that to tell the truth and you will stand firm. By lying you will fall and never be correct in life. Samantha ,11 , home --- Ben meant, if you lie, you're alwaysgoing to feel guilty inside someone , Kansas City, Missouri --- A lie can not hold very long,but the truth can stand longer. Jessica , Erie,Pa. --- THE TRUTH WILL LAST LONGER THAN A LIE. NIKKI D , MOUNT CALVARY SCHOOL --- You will go farther on road of life if you speak the truth, then if you tell lies. Kevin D.K. , erie,Pennsylvania --- A truth stands longer than a lie EVIE Sorensen , Erie, Pennsylvania --- that it's easyer to tell the truth than a lie Alicia , Franklin --- I think that it means that a lie makes you weaker and the truth makes you stronger. Brittany & Kyle , Suffern,New York --- We think Ben meant its safer to tell a truth than a lie because you will have honesty on your side. Marshal,Chealsea,Stacy,Micheal , Suffern, Ny --- I think Ben meant that if you tell lies, you will be very unstable. If you tell the truth, you will be stable and strong. Nicole Pristera , Carmel, IN 46033 --- you would be better balanced if you told the truth Connor , North Reading --- that its telling you that the truth will last longer than a lie kase , woony --- The truth will stand longer than a lie. Andi , CA --- I think that ben Franklin meant that truth will always succeed in life, and that the truth will always get you thru life and support you, while lies will never let you get thru life,because eventually you will fall, and things won't go right for you. Babybird , Albertane, Mars --- I think Ben meant that lies will only make things worse and the truth will, at least, keep you honest. Ambie , Union Township Middle School --- the truth is much more sturdy than a lie angeline j. , u.t.m.s. --- I think he meant that if you lie you have something to hide and people can tell. If you don't lie you have nothing to hide so will be merry! Stephanie Merola , New Jersey --- I think Ben meant that if you tell lies someone can tell( you might fall) if you don't lie you can stand up! Stephanie , New Jersey --- If you tell a lie, you will fall down. Dustin Baumgartner , Orrville Junior High School --- I think he meant that a lie will someday fall back on you. The truth will stand tall. Sarah Hoffmaster , Orrville Junior High --- If you tell the truth you can support it better than any lie. Molly , Arkansas --- a lie can not stay balanced long, but if truth is spoken, it with stand firm. eric , home --- That it is better to tell the truth than to lie and that one leg is better than two so don't lie Melissa hughes , School --- I think it means someone will always figure out your lieing. tutu , Florida --- I think that lies will fall over sometimes. But the truth will stay sturdy at all times. Cameron Leigh Olshansky , Phoenix,AZ Sandpiper Elementary --- A lie will never be sturdy it will fall sometime, but the truth will allways be sturdy Abigail Kreider , Elco Middle School --- That if you lie you can fall flat on your face. nd if you tell the true you are stable and steady. John Viscusi , Chippewa --- A lie can never stand sturdy but a truth will stand tall. Skipper , Camp Willow, Mossflower --- A lie can never be sturdy and one day will fall, where the truth will always be strong, wise, and will stand tall. Jenn , Myerstown, PA --- If you tell two lies, you'll fall over because you won't have any legs to stand on. Tommy Pearson , ELCO Raider Country! --- when you lie you stand alone Justin Donner , Colorado --- It is better to be truthful than to lie. Marley Glitzi , Grandview texas --- THE TRUTH MEANS MORE THAN LIES DO JUSTIN , GRANDVIEW TX --- you are more stable on 2 legs,so truth is more steady brittani parrish , grandview,texas --- I think Ben meant that if you lie it's like your on a balance beam and trying to hold yourself steady, but if your telling the truth, you have balance. allie , home school ,Benbrook ,Texas --- I think that Ben meant that the truth will get you farther in life, a lie will eventually get you nowhere. Suzanne Greenwood , Virginia High School, Virginia,IL. --- A lie will get you nowhere and the truth always gets you somewhere. Kristen , Virginia High School, Virginia --- A lie is weak and the truth strong Josephine McKean , Philadelphia --- A lie will fall, the truth will stand. Jenna , Philadelphia --- The truth gives more security that a lie! Miss Dewey , Clinton, Utah --- it is easier to tell the truth than to lie cyril , Redford , Michigan --- A lie will cause you to fall. Kathy Langham , CCMS, Union City, CA --- The truth is stronger than a lie. Cecilia D. , Reno, Nevada --- If you lie you stay but if you don't lie you keep moving on with your life. Juan , National City CA --- The truth is strong and can withstand the tempest; wherefore, a lie is weak and will crumble in the strom. Thomas Kiser , Williamston,SC --- A lie can fall over, and someone can find out mike , greenwich --- I think he meant the truth is better than the lie lara , greenwich --- You won't keep your balance if you lie. Daniel , Greenwich --- I think that your lie is on one stays on one leg because its not the truth and maby if its not the truth its only on one leg and if it is the truth it can be on two legs Kelly , Greenwich --- I think Ben meant that it is always the best bet to tell the truth because then you can be firm in our response. If you lie and try to stand up or support it then it will be hard because it will therefore be a lie and you may and or have to lie to get out of it. What goes around comes around. It all has a domino effect to it. If one falls down then they will come tumbling down in some form or another! GRETCHEN SCHMITT :) , ROCKLAND, MAINE --- A lie is only partially true therefore it will eventually fall over. Rachel , Templeton Pa --- it's better to tell the truth than lie Anna Kittel , Simpsonville , SC Plain Elementary --- The truth is always stronger then a lie!!! Nicole Carroll , Kennedy Middle School --- Do not lie but,, tell the truth Cody M. , Lexington School --- I think he meant lies keep you unsteady, the truth doesn't hurt. Miranda Miller , Lexington Elementary --- though the truth may take time to appear it shall always be more stable though a lie may profit for a while its disability will be made known B.Dwight Foster , astronautiks@hotmail.com --- You can only know what is halfly right if you lie. You are not only lying to who ever asks you the question but also yourself. You cant be wholly effcient if you cannot be true to yourself and know what you have to do in the name of things that are right. Telling the truth keeps yourself in balance and free of worry and problems. Dont lie you are only hurting yourself and this i sadly say comes from a used to be notorious liar. Please listen to me you are only keeping yourself from being happy and prospeerous if you lie. Anonymous, age13 , plano Texas --- We think Ben meant that tell the truth because it's better to stand on two feet instead of one. Kyle and Tricia , ELCO Middle School --- Don't tell lies!! Mary&Melissa , Founders School,Vermont --- It's better to stand on two legs not one because it's a hole lot safer. Conley,Jameson , ESSEX VT. --- The truth is much more stable than a lie. SB , California --- The truth is stronger than a lie. Tammy and Cecilia , Belmont, CA --- The truth is always strong, the lie will eventually topple over. SC , NDHS --- A lie is not good and can fall over easily, and the truth is stong and is will stand forever. Valerie S. , N.D.B --- A lie is not as well believed or trusted as the truth. Just as you trust yourself more on two legs more than on one EvaLynn bounous , Provo, UT --- A lie lacks substaniated exsistence and the truth has total substance. R, Moran , Sterling Hts, MI USA --- The truch has a strong base, a lie is shaky at best Diane , Franklin, Massachusetts --- Lies follows your foot steps until you fall down the hell ADIL , OH --- A lie makes things wobbly and weak while the truth makes things stable and strong!! Brenda O'Neill , New Hampshire --- LIES DON'T TRAVEL WELL...TRUTH ALWAYS DOES. David Ross , Dallas, Texas --- You can't stand on one leg forever. neither can a lie. Erica -age 10 :-) , Indiana, PA --- A lie can stand only so long before it falls and the truth can stand forever. Makenna-11 years old , Felton, California --- Two can stand together in knowing the truth, but one who makes up a lie stands alone. Jon , Chico, CA --- If in doubt of the truth, let it stand on the witness of two. Jack Gage , Herndon, VA --- The truth is much more stable. Doug , dsommer@netcom.com --- When you lie, you are alone. When you tell the truth, others are with you. Tracy , Danville, Ca --- Truth has a firm footing, lies need support. Elaine Koeslin , ekoeslin@itek.net --- Lying is like a puzzle. You can never get the right piece. Amanda , Newton, New Jersey --- The Truth stands up better than a lie. Eric , New Jersey --- Lies are like a thin curtain, they can be seen through. Truth is "solid" no "flaws" can be found with it. George Martin , gmartin@cisnet.com --- Truth is more stable than falsehoods. Bryan Levin , Mtn View, CA --- He means It's good. Samer , Wheeler Elementary Syracuse,Ny --- A lie is not always good it might be bad but the truth is always good. Tom and Ricky , Wood Dale IL. --- YOU CAN DO MORE THINGS WITH THE TRUTH. MARC / EVA , OAKBROOK SCHOOL, IL --- TELLING THE TRUTH IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN TELLING A LIE. BOB CRADDOCK /KARLIE , OAK BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL --- the truth has firm foundation. a lie is easily toppeled. tom , columbus oh --- A lie doesn't have a firm foundation, the truth does. Lauren , Oak Forest --- YOU HAVE TO KEEP TELLING MORE LIES WILSON MABRAY , MONROE, LA --- YOU DO BETTER TELLING THE TRUTH, THAN TELLING A LIE SARAH , LOUISIANA --- you get more support with truth than with a lie. Valerie L. Wooten , Monroe, LA --- The lie will fall but the turth will stand forever. Tae Kim , San Diego,CA --- When you lie you are never proud of your self. But when you tell the truth you are always proud. Adriana Loson , Clear View --- You're more secure on two legs(telling the truth) , your in more danger to get knocked over on one(the lie). Jordan , Florida --- A lie will always be found out, so you are unstable.IF you tell the truth you will be very stable, on 2 legs. Emily 14yrs. -homeschool , Pampa Texas ---