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Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1370. Approximately, "misfortune of many, comfort of all" (other alternative forms say "comfort of fools").
Proverb
mal de moitos, consolo de todos
- (idiomatic) misery loves company; two in distress make sorrow less
1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 403:Et porque diz o prouerbio "mal de moytos cõforto he", por ende os troyãos auj́ã grã cõforto da morte dos quatro rreys que perderã, por aquelles outros sete que os gregos alý perderã..- And because the proverb says "two in distress make sorrow less ", so the Trojans had great comfort of the dead of the four kings they had lost because of the another seven that the Greek had lost there.
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mal de moytos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mal de moitos, consolo de todos”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega