Silence is beautiful to him, silence is beautiful to him
It is better not to talk about him. All talk about him is likely to harm him.
("I, Rabbi Haya, said: Silence is beauty to the wise, light and fire to fools, and therefore Solomon said (Proverbs 17:1): Even a fool who is silent will think wisely" - Derech Eretz Zuta 7:1, and therefore: "Be silent, be silent to you! Silence is beauty to the wise, light and fire to fools, my rabbis!" - H. Hazaz/ Dorot Harashonim, 54, and therefore: "To the face of The wise youth, for whom silence was beautiful/ and his eyes were like the eyes of the weeping sea" - Jonathan gave/ and the money was turned into night, and so: "They stood in the chapter 'Who needs to be his wife'... and he does not distinguish between things that are visible to the public and things that silence is beautiful to them" - H. Beer/ To the Place Where the Spirit Goes, 283)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הַשְּׁתִיקָה יָפֶה לוֹ, יָפֶה לוֹ הַשְּׁתִיקָה
Definition (Hebrew)
עָדִיף שֶׁלֹּא לְדַבֵּר עָלָיו. כָּל דִּבּוּר עָלָיו עָלוּל לְהַזִּיק לוֹ.
("תְּנִי רַבִּי חַיָּא:יָפָה שְׁתִיקָה לַחֲכָמִים, קַל וָחֹמֶר לְטִפְּשִׁים,וְכֵן אָמַר שְׁלֹמֹה (מִשְׁלֵי יז כֹּחַ): גַּם אֱוִיל מַחֲרִישׁ חָכָם יֵחָשֵׁב"- דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ זוּטָא ז ע"א, וְכֵן:"תִּשְׁתְּקוּ,תִּשְׁתְּקוּ לָכֶם! יָפָה שְׁתִיקָה לַחֲכָמִים, קַל וָחֹמֶר לְטִפְּשִׁים,רַבּוֹתַי! "- ח.הָזָז/ דּוֹרוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנִים, 54, וְכֵן:"אֶל פְּנֵי הַנַּעַר הֶחָכָם שֶׁהַשְּׁתִיקָה הָיְתָה יָפֶה לוֹ/ וְעֵינוֹ כְּעֵין הַיָּם הַבּוֹכֶה"- נָתָן יוֹנָתָן/ וְהַכֶּסֶף הוֹפֵךְ לַיְלָה, וְכֵן:"עָמְדוּ בַּפֶּרֶק 'מִי שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לִנְקָבָיו'...וְאֵין הוּא מַבְדִּיל בֵּין דְּבָרִים הָרְאוּיִים לָבוֹא בַּקָּהָל וּבֵין דְּבָרִים שֶׁהַשְּׁתִיקָה יָפָה לָהֶם"- ח.בְּאֵר/ אֶל מָקוֹם שֶׁהָרוּחַ הוֹלֵךְ, 283)