Every cloud has a silver lining

Meaning: There is always something positive in every difficult situation.

Origin: English proverb from John Milton's Comus (1634).

Translations

• French: Après la pluie, le beau temps (literally: After rain, good weather)
• Spanish: No hay mal que por bien no venga (literally: There is no evil that doesn't come for good)
• Japanese: 雨降って地固まる (Ame futte ji katamaru) (literally: After rain, the ground hardens)

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