Musar for Bava Kamma 235:4
על מנת לצאת במדבר: פשיטא לא צריכא דא"ל ליהוי האי פקדון גבך דאנא למדבר נפיקנא וא"ל איהו אנא למדבר נמי בעינא למיפק אי בעינא לאהדרינהו לך התם מהדרנא לך:
[BUT IF THE TRANSACTION WAS ORIGINALLY MADE] UPON THE STIPULATION THAT HE WAS GOING INTO THE WILDERNESS, HE MAY MAKE RESTORATION EVEN WHILE IN THE WILDERNESS. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. A contradiction could be raised [from the following:] 'A loan can be paid in all places, whereas a lost article [which was found], or a deposit cannot be restored save in a place suitable for this'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Is this not against the teaching of the Mishnah? ');"><sup>7</sup></span>
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
I believe that in the many instances when the Talmud justifies certain rulings by the statement אדם חשוב שאני, that we apply different yardsticks to morally high-ranking people, the Talmud wants to emphasize that the law is different when applied to such people. It is not merely a voluntary abrogation of one's rights. When the Talmud speaks of "doing one's duty in the eyes of Heaven," however, it is something else again. Such considerations apply where for one reason or another the human tribunal is unable to enforce a certain ruling.
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