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Full Idea
Can anything be sweeter than to find that you are so dear to your wife that this makes you dearer to yourself?
Gist of Idea
Is anything sweeter than valuing yourself more when you find you are loved?
Source
Seneca the Younger (Letters from a Stoic [c.60], 104)
Book Ref
Seneca: 'Letters from a Stoic (Selections)', ed/tr. Campbell,Robin [Penguin 1969], p.185
A Reaction
Another lovely penetrating remark from Seneca. I suppose a symptom of low self-esteem might be 'why does she love someone as worthless as me?', but that would be unusual.