The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
He laughs best who laughs last. (Dutch)
He laughs best who laughs longest. (Swedish)
He laughs ill that laughs himself to death. (German)
He that laughs on Friday may cry on Sunday. (French)
He who laughs alone is recalling his little sins. (Spanish)
He who laughs last laughs best. (German)
He who laughs last laughs longest. (English)
He who laughs much weeps much. (Turkish)
He who laughs overmuch may have an aching heart. (Italian)
He who tickles himself, can laugh when he likes. (German)
If you laugh today, you will cry tomorrow. (Portuguese)
It is better for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it. (Roman)
Laugh with those that laugh. (Roman)
No one becomes a laughing stock who eagerly laughs at himself. (Roman)
One half the world laughs at the other half. (French)
One never wept but another laughed. (Italian)
That day is lost on which one has not laughed. (French)
The laugh is always on the loser. (German)
There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. (Roman)
They will be hushed by a good deed who laugh at a wise speech. (French)
Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods. (Japanese)
Who laughs at others’ ills, has his own behind the door. (Italian)
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