What does "The worst wife is better than a dutiful child" mean?

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It doesn't make much sense to me. Total irrelevance!
What is the point of drawing comparison between one's wife and child ?!
It is like saying the worst teacher is better than a skilful basketball player !

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It means someone has serious emotional problems.

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I never heard of that statement, but literally, it is saying that it is better to be married to a bad wife than to have an obedient child. I don't agree with that philosophy at all.

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That seems like a proverb. But I never heard of that...
No one ever heard of that either?

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Are you sure you got it right, as it stands it does not make any sense in English.

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