“Misery loves company but company does not reciprocate.”
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“Anxiety loves company almost as much as misery.”
Charles Stross The Laundry Files
Source: The Laundry Files, The Labyrinth Index (2018), Chapter 10, “Flight Plan” (p. 296)
“1131. Company in Misery makes it light.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Market type influences everything a company does.”
Steve Blank (1953) American businessman
Source: The Startup Owner’s Manual (2012), p. 39.
“A company cannot be a learning company without also being a teaching company.”
Kevin Kelly (1952) American author and editor
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995)
Jean Chrétien (1934) 20th Prime Minister of Canada
Source: Straight From The Heart (1985), Chapter Five, A Balancing Act, p. 111-112
“I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.”
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet
Journal to Stella (May 17, 1711)
“I've always loved high style in low company.”
Anita Loos (1889–1981) Actress, novelist, screenwriter, TV producer
“Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) English critic, essayist, poet and writer
“No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.”
Neal A. Maxwell (1926–2004) Mormon leader