"I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.”
Marcus Aurelius
"but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others" = but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others [of himself]?
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XVI than on the opinions of others [of himself]? Yes. Exactly.
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