Silence is not the absence of something but the presence of everything.

You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.

争功诿过是小人的本事，掩饰过错、夸耀功劳是凡人的本色，功劳美好谦让于别人是君子的行为，替他人担当罪过是成就德行的事。