“ Introduction This Mishnah presents sayings of Shimon ben Gamliel (circa 10 BCE–70 CE) , who succeeded his father Gamliel (introduced in Mishnah 16) as the Nasi of the Sanhedrin after his father's death in 50 CE and just before the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
Hebrew Text
שִׁמְעוֹן בְּנוֹ אוֹמֵר:
כָּל יָמַי, גָּדַלְתִּי בֵין הַחֲכָמִים,
וְלֹא מָצָאתִי לַגּוּף טוֹב אֶלָּא שְׁתִיקָה.
וְלֹא הַמִּדְרָשׁ הוּא הָעִקָּר, אֶלָּא הַמַּעֲשֶׂה.
וְכָל הַמַּרְבֶּה דְבָרִים, מֵבִיא חֵטְא. ”