Silence is not always gold, we should explain things when misunderstand happens, in that case, misunderstand won’t spread quickly and affect other people’s judgment.
Tim and Jack had a quarrel, and then they didn’t talk with each other for a week. In fact, they misunderstood with each other. Tim thought Jack told the teacher his homework was copied.
Nowadays, if you search the Internet, you may find the weird situation that people say they are rich not because they own a lot of money, but tea eggs.