
“Misery loves company but company does not reciprocate.”
The Cynic's Calendar
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Misery loves company but company does not reciprocate.”
The Cynic's Calendar
“Anxiety loves company almost as much as misery.”
Source: The Laundry Files, The Labyrinth Index (2018), Chapter 10, “Flight Plan” (p. 296)
Bartleby, the Scrivener (1853)
Source: Bartleby the Scrivener
“Love's great (and sole) originality is to make happiness indistinct from misery.”
Anathemas and Admirations (1987)
“Set out to build a company and make a contribution, not an empire and a fortune.”
Source: Bill & Dave, 2007, p. 394
“I think it’s wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.”
“As the Italians say, Good company in a journey makes the way to seem the shorter.”
Part I, ch. 1.
The Compleat Angler (1653-1655)