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• If you speak the truth, keep a foot in the stirrup. Turkish Proverb
• He that speaks truth must have one foot in the stirrup. Turkish Proverb
• He who speaks the truth must have one foot in the stirrup. -- Armenian proverb
• In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak?
  -- Plato...
• Always speak politely to an enraged Dragon. -- old Jhereg saying
• One should be just as careful about lying as about telling the truth. -- Lytton Strachey
• One should not act and speak as if one were asleep.
• You can't steal second base and keep one foot on first.
• Frank knew that no man had ever crossed the desert on foot and lived to tell about it.
  So, he decided to get back in his car and keep driving. -- Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey...