The Peak of Eloquence · Hadith 1727 (#Passage #86)

٧١. وَقَالَ (عليه السلام): إِذَا تَمَّ الْعَقْلُ نَقَصَ الْكَلاَمُ.

71. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: As intelligence increases, speech decreases. [1]

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).