WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:16:09 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg Gifford, William – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Gifford, William -- The Baviad, and Mæviad (1797) https://wist.info/gifford-william/43535/ https://wist.info/gifford-william/43535/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2020 18:10:24 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=43535 I can only say that politics, like misery, “bring a man acquainted with strange bedfellows.”


William Gifford (1756–1826) English critic, editor, poet, satirist
The Baviad, and Mæviad (1797)
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First recorded connection between Shakespeare's quote on misery and politics, leading to the eventual "Politics makes for strange bedfellows." ]]> https://wist.info/gifford-william/43535/feed/ 0 43535