“A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God's creatures, and one without must be among the most miserable, I think, the only true blessing of their lives that they don't know how poorly off they are.”

Meaning

This reads as a blunt tribute to partnership, with marriage framed less as status and more as daily shelter. It can be taken to mean that a good spouse changes the quality of life in practical and emotional ways, and it lands most clearly in a moment of appreciation for a relationship that steadies everything else.

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Originally said in English.

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