Musar for Pesachim 225:5
תנו רבנן ג' אין מתקנאין בהן ואלו הן נכרי קטן ונחש קטן ותלמיד קטן מ"ט דמלכותייהו אחורי אודנייהו קאי
and do not provoke serpents and do not provoke a Syrian woman. Our Rabbis taught: Three must not be provoked, viz. : an insignificant Gentile,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'a little Gentile'.');"><sup>12</sup></span> a little snake, and a humble pupil.
Mesilat Yesharim
However, our sages of blessed memory, who always instructed us and guided us on the paths of truth said: "love work and hate Rabanut" (Avot 1:10), and further "flay carcasses in the marketplace and earn wages and do not say, 'I am an important man, I am a Kohen, [and it is beneath my dignity]'." (Pesachim 113a), and further "one should always hire himself out to work which is strange to him rather than be dependent [on the help] of others" (Bava Basra 110a).
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