Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone

Cultural  

1. People prefer cheerfulness in others. A person who is cheerful will have company, but someone who is gloomy will often be alone. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, a poet of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is the author of this saying.

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone

"Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone," is one of the truest things that Ella Wheeler Wilcox ever said.

From Vitality Supreme by Macfadden, Bernarr