יְפֵה שְׁתִיקָה לַחֲכָמִים קַל וְחֹמֶר לַטִּפְּשִׁים

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Silence is good for the wise, and all the more so for fools

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Silence helps the wise, and certainly helps fools as well. A proverb in praise of silence.

("From here the sages said: Silence is good for the wise, all the more so for fools, as it is said (Proverbs 17): 'Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise'" - Pesachim 99a, and likewise: "Be quiet, be quiet, for your own good! Silence is good for the wise, all the more so for fools, my friends!" - H. Hazaz / Dorot HaRishonim, 54, and likewise: "Before the face of the wise youth for whom silence was fitting / and whose eye was like the eye of the weeping sea" - Natan Yonatan / VeHaKesef Hofech LaLayla)