Art of lying

Lying as a virtue, an invention to steer out of unpleasant circumstances... well now is the time to be judicious about its use.
Now I think that Mark Twain didn't go too far in stating that lying should have been taught in public schools, and also through newspapers.
Twain pronounced it as man's best friend, and for me it can turn out to be the immortal saviour. I am just being truthful about my once-in-a-while habit of lying. It does come naturaly to me in some of the most difficult terrains but now my heart beats violently. Is it right to lie about a situation in which I can find myself in a few years down the line, God forbidding? A concoction of today may be a reality of tomorrow. That's where lying cannot legitimise itself so naturally. But here if people don't take recourse to lies, they will deceive themselves. Twain's fourth Grace and the tenth Muse may smile upon me but with a grin... after all i m just trying to be truthful to myself, my passion in life...