Quoting%20commentary for Ketubot 33:10

שבחוהו מכלל דשפיר עבד והא א"ר אשי אפילו למ"ד נשיא שמחל על כבודו כבודו מחול מלך שמחל על כבודו אין כבודו מחול דאמר מר (דברים יז, טו) שום תשים עליך מלך שתהא אימתו עליך פרשת דרכים הואי

They praised him, from this we can conclude that what he did was appropriate. But did not R. Ashi say: Even according to he who says [that] if a prince forgoes his honor, his honor is forgone, if a king forgoes his honor, his honor is not forgone for a Master said: You shall set over yourself a king” (Deuteronomy 17:15) [this means] that his awe shall be over your? It was [at] a crossroads.

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