Two in distress make sorrows less.

Hardship can feel easier to bear when someone else is facing it alongside you. Companionship may ease the loneliness of suffering without removing its cause.

The saying emphasizes mutual comfort: two people who understand each other’s troubles may find that sharing the experience makes sorrow less overwhelming for both.

Use it to offer comfort to people facing a difficulty together, or to observe that companionship can help them cope. It does not suggest that either person’s distress is unimportant.