to speak of
(idiomatic, usually negative) sufficient; important or significant enough to be worth mentioning.
I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted. Alan Turing
Backbite. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you. Ambrose Bierce
All names of God remain hallowed because they have been used not only to speak of God but also to speak to him. Martin Buber
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent. Latin Proverb
It is good to know the truth, but it is better to speak of palm trees. Arabic Proverb
Death is unable to speak of the ancestor. Burkina Faso Proverb