“Come, pluck up a good heart; speak the truth and shame the devil.”

“Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.”

John Fletcher Wit Without Money

“Pluck up your hearts, since fate still rests our friend.”

Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) English dramatist, poet and translator

“I hold my peace, sir? no;
No, I will speak as liberal as the north;
Let heaven and men and devils, let them all,
All, all, cry shame against me, yet I'll speak.”

William Shakespeare Othello

“This hill though high I covent ascend;
The difficulty will not me offend;
For I perceive the way of life lies here.
Come, pluck up, heart; let's neither faint nor fear.”

John Bunyan The Pilgrim's Progress

“Who speaks the truth stabs Falsehood to the heart.”

James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat

“Sometimes the most ruthless heart speaks the most truth”

Cassandra Clare book Lord of Shadows

“Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good.”

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

“If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.”

Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker

“To say what's in their hearts, regardless of shame. It doesn't change what they feel, what they want. It just helps… loosen them up.”

Orson Scott Card Enchantment