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Euripides

Man’s best possession is a sympathetic wife.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker names a sympathetic wife as a man's greatest asset. The sentence prizes understanding and emotional support within marriage above other holdings, though it phrases a spouse as a possession from a man's point of view. Its worth lies in warmth and fellow-feeling rather than wealth.

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