Schadenfreude Explained: Why Misery Loves Company and How to Be Better Than That

Though it sounds Shakespearean, the idiom Misery loves company wasn’t coined by the Bard—the ultimate master of stories on power, revenge, and the messy depths of the human condition. The idiom is thought to have roots in Latin and classical literature. The phrase “Misery loves company” is just a pithy way of saying that when someone […]

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