Misery loves company

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It easeth some, though none it ever cur'd,
To think their dolour others have endur'd.

William Shakespeare

The Rape of Lucrece

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Topic

Misery loves company Suffering

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Rape of Lucrece

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1594 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. The Rape of Lucrece. London: Richard Field, 1594, I. 1581.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Rape of Lucrece." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, I. 1581.

Strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition.

Samuel Pepys

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Topic

Misery loves company Marriage

Author

Samuel Pepys

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1665 1660s 17th century

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Original Citation

Pepys, Samuel. Diary entry. 25 Dec. 1665.

Current Citation

Pepys, Samuel. "Diary entry, 25 Dec. 1665." The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Everyman's Library, 2018.