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• Speak the truth and shame the Devil.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, The Author's Prologue to the Fifth Book...
• Speak of the devil and he appears. -- Italian proverb
• Speak of the devil and he appears. Italian Proverb
• Speak of the Devil and he will hear about it. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Does a man speak foolishly?-suffer him gladly, for you are wise.
  Does he speak erroneously?-stop such a man's mouth with sound words that cannot be gainsaid....
• If I speak to thee in friendship's name, Thou think'st I speak too coldly
  If I mention love's devoted flame, Thou say'st I speak too boldly....
• The media.and society in general.mistakenly expect an individual to speak for a particular group, whether or not that individual truly represents the views of the entire group.
• Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. -- Mother Theresa
• He who when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done, is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling.
  -- Lavate...