Quotation for Ketubot 124:8

אזיל איעסק ליה לבריה בי ר' יוסי בן זימרא פסקו ליה תרתי סרי שנין למיזל בבי רב אחלפוה קמיה אמר להו ניהוו שית שנין אחלפוה קמיה אמר להו איכניס והדר איזיל הוה קא מכסיף מאבוה א"ל בני דעת קונך יש בך

Later he was preparing for the marriage of his son into the family of R. Yose b. Zimra. It was agreed that he should spend twelve years at the academy. When the girl was led before him he said to them “Let it be six years.” When they made her pass before him [a second time] he said, “I would rather marry [her first] and then go [to the academy].” He felt embarrassed before his father, but the latter said to him, “My son, you have the mind of your creator.

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