And even though this thing [i.e., to reveal it when necessary] is a great mitzvah and in the category of "fostering peace," still, great care must be taken not to hasten to reveal such a thing except if, after reflecting upon the matter, he knows that the hearer will take care not to go to that place alone, lest he be beaten or insulted by that man, or follow some other counsel of this kind, whereby the quarrel between them may be terminated. For very often it happens that if one tells someone that Ploni intends to insult him, he grows even angrier with him, and actually puts himself in his way to quarrel with him. The revealer, therefore, might cause even greater strife, G–d forbid, so that he must think very carefully, in the beginning, how to rectify things.
וְאַף דְּדָבָר זֶה הוּא מִצְוָה רַבָּה וּבִכְלַל הֲבָאַת שָׁלוֹם הוּא, אַף עַל פִּי כֵן יֵשׁ לִזָּהֵר מְאֹד, שֶׁלֹּא לְמַהֵר לְסַפֵּר עִנְיָן כָּזֶה כִּי אִם אַחַר שֶׁיִּתְבּוֹנִן לְפִי הָעִנְיָן, שֶׁעַל יְדֵי סִפּוּרוֹ יִשְׁמֹר הַשּׁוֹמֵעַ אֶת עַצְמוֹ, שֶׁלֹּא לֵילֵךְ לִמְקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי בִּיחִידִי, פֶּן יַכֶּנּוּ, אוֹ יְחָרְפֶנּוּ אוֹתוֹ פְּלוֹנִי, אוֹ עֵצָה אַחֶרֶת כַּיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה, שֶׁעַל יְדֵי זֶה תְּסֻלַּק הַקְּטָטָה שֶׁבֵּינֵיהֶם. כִּי פְּעָמִים הַרְבֵּה מָצּוּי כְּשֶׁיְּסַפֵּר לוֹ, אֵיךְ שֶׁדַּעַת פְּלוֹנִי לְחָרְפוֹ, יִתְגַּבֵּר יוֹתֵר כַּעְסוֹ שֶׁל זֶה עַל אוֹתוֹ פְּלוֹנִי, וְיַקְדִּים אֶת עַצְמוֹ נֶגְדּוֹ לָרִיב עִמּוֹ, וְתָבוֹא עַל יָדוֹ מַחְלֹקֶּת גְּדוֹלָה יוֹתֵר, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, וְעַל כֵּן צָרִיךְ לְהִתְבּוֹנִן הֵיטֵב מִתְּחִלָּה אֵיךְ לְתַקֵּן אֶת הַדָּבָר.
And even though this thing [i.e., to reveal it when necessary] is a great mitzvah and in the category of "fostering peace," still, great care must be taken not to hasten to reveal such a thing except if, after reflecting upon the matter, he knows that the hearer will take care not to go to that place alone, lest he be beaten or insulted by that man, or follow some other counsel of this kind, whereby the quarrel between them may be terminated. For very often it happens that if one tells someone that Ploni intends to insult him, he grows even angrier with him, and actually puts himself in his way to quarrel with him. The revealer, therefore, might cause even greater strife, G–d forbid, so that he must think very carefully, in the beginning, how to rectify things.