A smart person is not afraid to listen to the others advice which he disagrees with in order not to have tunnel vision. The Midrash Shmuel explains tbat the Beis Hilel wanted because of their humility, which they kearned from their rebbi, allow the Beis Shamai to reveal their view first before they let their own view be known, thereby the Beis Shamai also became praiseworthy by helping the Beis Hilel arrive to the truth.
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