
ProverbHuman Nature
English origin1546
Let them laugh that win.
Meaning: Victory vindicates your choices; your ultimate success silences critics and doubters.
Origin: John Heywood's 1546 collection includes it, and Othello uses the shorter "They laugh that win." Save the celebrating until the contest is decided — the older cousin of "he who laughs last laughs best."
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