Musar sur Les Proverbes 1:21

The man listened to this entire exchange and afterwards said, “Do you say these things about me with a single mind?” Whereupon he approached them, saying, “Surely you are among those who dwell in the house of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai who fear no one. But if you say such things behind my back your words will indict you! How can you speak so openly?” They responded, “Thus is it written of the Torah, ‘She cries at the head of the busiest places, at the entrances of the gates; in the city she utters her words’ (Mishlei 1:21). If we were afraid of you in matters of Torah we would be disgraced before the Holy One Blessed is He.” Then the fellow recited, “Who is a God like You, bearing iniquity and passing over transgression, etc.” (Michah 7:18), and he raised his voice and wept.