He who laughs last, laughs best

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

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He who laughs last, laughs best.

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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.”

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

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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.

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

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