He who laughs last, laughs best

Cultural  

1. You may laugh now, thinking you have won, but you may not prevail in the end.

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Example Sentences

He who laughs last, laughs best.

From New York Times

My favorite saying in the whole world is “He who laughs last laughs best,” so I put my hand over my mouth and whispered, “Ha-ha-ha.”

From Literature

But, you see, he who laughs last laughs best.

From Project Gutenberg

You have the laugh on Don Carlos de Ruiz now, my dear, but don't forget the old proverb that he who laughs last laughs best.

From Project Gutenberg

But young Mayo, like his friend Harkins the lawyer, would only say, thumbs hooked in suspenders, “He who laughs last, laughs best.”

From Project Gutenberg