All's Well That Ends Well
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a comedy (1602?) by Shakespeare.
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All's well that ends well
All's well that ends wellProblems that occur along the way do not matter as long as the outcome is happy.
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all's well that ends well
all's well that ends wellEverything has turned out satisfactorily, even though the outcome has been uncertain. For example, His lawyer persuaded Jack to plead guilty, but the court merely put him on probation—all's well that ends well. This proverb, dating from about 1250, gained even more currency as the title of a Shakespeare comedy.
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This proverb was used as a title for one of William Shakespeare's comedies.
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The subsidised tickets will be available to book for the company's upcoming performances of Richard III and All's Well That Ends Well.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2022
All’s Well That Ends Well Shakespeare’s tale about a low-born woman trying to win the love of a nobleman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2014
All’s Well That Ends Well: Sean ends his dance by publicly kissing Catherine to prove their love is real as is their upcoming ABC-sponsored wedding.
From Time ● Apr. 9, 2013
Happily, I caught Daniel Sullivan's bittersweet, wistful mounting of "All's Well That Ends Well" on a recent trip to Manhattan.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2011
Here, as in All's Well That Ends Well, we have one beautiful character, that of Isabella, like a light shining in corruption.
From An Introduction to Shakespeare by H. N. MacCracken
Three decades later, that thumbnail history may sound oddly comforting: All’s well that ends well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2022
All’s well that ends well, and so on.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2018
All’s well that ends well for Carrington - he’s looking forward to March 12.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 23, 2015
All's well that ends well - Miss Piggy and Kermit are thrilled to be made honorary School Reporters.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2014
"All's well that ends well," said one of the miners lightly.
From Ben's Nugget A Boy's Search For Fortune by Horatio Alger
If all’s well that ends well, then investors have nothing to worry about.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
In the immortal words of the Bard, all’s well that ends well.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
For the Astros, all’s well that ends well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
"I don’t have any details to recall, I just know that all’s well that ends well."
From Fox News ● Aug. 4, 2021
"So," say the Christians, "all's well that ends well!"
From Bible Romances First Series by G. W. (George William) Foote
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