“He asks of wisdom, who seeks to know what is the will of God. And he will show himself prudent who is sparing of his words on that which he has come to learn. If one inquires about wisdom, desiring to learn something about wisdom, while another asks nothing of wisdom, as not only wishing to learn nothing about wisdom…”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments
Original
27He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
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In context
25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
— Proverbs 17:27 —
28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.