a beautiful ugly

an ugly truth is better than a beautiful lie.
just a moment ago, i realized this phrase. I read in one of the comment in facebook that, she needs to hide an ugly truth about their family. For me truth is something that should not be kept and be ashamed of. Much more to coat it with shining shimmering beautiful lie. the lie no matter how close to the truth is still a lie. it can damage one's reputation, especially that of who tells it. telling a lie or making stories about a person has never been good as expectations either positive or negative are being set. I am disappointed with self tagged professionals that they resort in doing this but i am more disappointed with couples who tend to be ashamed of the ugly truth in their relationship. making their partner believe that they are okay, they moved on or that they already have an agreement however when she/he bumped with her/his friends acquaintance either in person or in social networking sites she/he start to share a bit of their condition then tagged it as an ugly truth..and hide it.
if this reality continues to exist, an individual cannot be trusted and one's sincerity can be questioned. I believe that  no matter how painful the truth is still the most beautiful thing to learn about. just to share, I have been saved several times by telling the truth and not sugarcoating my mistakes or flaws. so maybe, relationship can also be saved by telling the truth and not with beautiful pretense.