William Shakespeare, 1564-1616
was an English poet and playwright
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
( “The Tempest”, Act 2 scene 2, ca 1611 )
Joseph Addison, 1672-1719
was an English essayist, poet, and politician
A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.