impudence (boldness) pays, even against heaven
The words of the accusations of the wicked are like the words of God, and they are effective (as it is also said in Jeremiah 12:1: "The Lord has justified you, for I have contended with you; I will speak to you in judgment").
("Kivan said to him (in the wilderness 22) Let us spend the night together and discuss with you a matter: What if there is a father who hates his son? Rav Nachman said: He is impudent, even if they say it like the words of Shemaiah, he is a helper (of the helper)" - Sanhedrin 21 a. And so: "He is impudent, even if they say it like the words of Professor Blau: the greatness of his audacity stood up for him as a scold, And his personal charm did not stand in his way, it was difficult to stand in his face" - Avigdor the Meiri/(a story published after his death)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חוצְפָּה אֲפִלּוּ כְּלַפֵּי שְׁמַיָּא מוֹעִילָה
Definition (Hebrew)
דִּבְרֵי טַעֲנוֹת קֻבְלָנָה כֵּנִים כְּלַפֵּי הָאֵל מוֹעִילִים (כְּפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר גַּם בְּיִרְמְיָהוּ יב א:"צַדִּיק אַתָּה ה' כִּי אָרִיב אֵלֶיךָ, אַךְ מִשְׁפָּטִים אֲדַבֵּר אוֹתָךְ").
("כֵּיוָן דְּאָמַר לְהוֹ (בְּמִדְבַּר כ"ב) לִינוּ פֹה הַלַּיְלָה וַהֲשִׁבֹתִי אֶתְכֶם דָּבָר אָמְרוּ: כְּלוּם יֵשׁ אָב שֶׁשּׂוֹנֵא אֶת בְּנוֹ? אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: חֻצְפָּא, אֲפִלּוּ כְּלַפֵּי שְׁמַיָּא מַהֲנֵי (מוֹעִילָה)"-סַנְהֶדְרִין קה ע"א, וְכֵן:" אַךְ חֻצְפָּא מֵהָנִי אֲפִלּוּ כְּלַפֵּי פְּרוֹפֵסוֹר בְּלָאו: עֶצֶם הַהֶעָזָה עָמְדָה לוֹ לְקַלְמָן, וְלֹא בִּמְעַט עָמַד לוֹ חִנּוֹ הָאִישִׁי, שֶׁקָּשֶׁה הָיָה לַעֲמֹד בְּפָנָיו"-אֲבִיגְדוֹר הַמְּאִירִי/(סִפּוּר שֶׁפֻּרְסַם לְאַחַר מוֹתוֹ)