Related for Ketubot 100:9
רבי אלעזר סבר למיזן ממטלטלין אמר לפניו רבי שמעון בן אליקים רבי יודע אני בך שאין מדת הדין אתה עושה אלא מדת רחמנות אלא שמא יראו התלמידים ויקבעו הלכה לדורות
Elazar intended to sustain daughters out of movable property. R. Shimon b. Elyakim said to him: Master, I know that you are not acting on the line of justice but on the line of mercy, but [you should be concerned that] the students might observe this ruling and fix it as a halakhah for future generations.
Tosefta Berakhot
It happened with Rebbi Yishmael and Rebbi Elazar Ben Azaryah that they were resting in the same place and Rebbi Yishmael was laying down and Rebbi Elazar Ben Azaryah was [standing up] straight. It came time to say Shema. Rebbi Yishmael stood up straight and Rebbi Elazar laid down. Said to him Rebbi Yishmael: “What is this Elazar?” He said [back] to him: “Yishmael, my brother! They say to a person, ‘Why is your beard all grown [so nice]?’ He said [back to them], ‘[it should be sent] against the destroyers’ (i.e. cut off by the scissors). [So too with us] I (Rebbi Elazar Ben Azaryah) who was straight, laid down, you that was laying down, stood up straight?” [So Rebbi Yishmael] said to him: “You laid down to fulfill the words of Bet Shamai, I stood up straight to fulfill the words of Bet Hillel. A different explanation, that the students should not see [that you did like Bet Shamai] and make your words [a] permanent [law].
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