speak as you find

speak as you find

1594–8 SHAKESPEARE Taming of Shrew II. i. 66 Mistake me not; I speak but as I find.

1666 TORRIANO Italian Proverbs 294 no. 115 The English say, Let every one speak as he finds.

1937 A. QUILLER-COUCH ‘Captain Knot’ in Qs Mystery Stories 150 ‘There’s a silly proverb tells ye to speak of a man as you find him. I found Kennedy well enough.’

1988 H. MANTEL Eight Months on Ghazzah Street 175 Look, I don’t have any theories. I just go issue by issue. I just speak as I find.


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