Why do people lie?

Why do people lie all the time? I'll never understand. It seems like just about everybody I have known has lied to me....not all, but a lot, (a lot of them more then once). Maybe that's why I don't have a girlfriend, or a lot of friends of any kind these days. I just don't put up with lies like some people. It seems like it's so easy for some people to lie, about anything and everything....really for no reason. And that leads me back to my question....WHY?

Do they think it makes them feel important? Does it make them feel smart? Does it make them feel better then other people? And, do they REALLY think that people believes all the lies that they tell? I have never came up with an answer.

I think some are pathological liars, (Someone who lies frequently without any reason). I don't know, maybe I'm just a person that people like to lie to.

Now, I'm not talking about ''little white lies''. Like if someone asks you if you like their new hair cut and you say yes,(even if you don't). In that case the person is trying to be nice without hurting your feelings. That's a good person. I'm talking about people that lie for the hell of it, and they don't care who's feelings they hurt....or, in some caese they WANT to hurt someons feelings. Those are the people I'll never understand.

O'well, this is my rant of the day. I just wanted to talk about it, not that it will ever make liar's stop lying.