- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhiː huː ˈlɑːfs ˈlɑːst ˈlɑːfs ˈbɛst/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhi hu ˈlæfs ˈlæst ˈlæfs ˈbɛst/
he who laughs last laughs best
- Success is enjoyed more after having previously endured ridicule.
success is better after you've endured ridicule
- Afrikaans: wie die laaste lag, lag die lekkerste, wie laaste lag, lag die lekkerste
- Arabic: يَضْحَكُ كَثِيرًا مَن يَضْحَكُ أَخِيرًا (yaḍḥaku kaṯīran man yaḍḥaku ʔaḵīran)
- Bulgarian: който се смее последен, се смее най-добре (kojto se smee posleden, se smee naj-dobre)
- Czech: kdo se směje naposled, ten se směje nejlíp
- Danish: den der ler sidst, ler bedst (da)
- Dutch: wie het laatst lacht, lacht het best (nl), wie laatst lacht, best lacht
- Esperanto: plej bone ridas, kiu laste ridas
- Finnish: joka viimeksi nauraa, se parhaiten nauraa
- French: rira bien qui rira le dernier (fr), tel qui rit vendredi, dimanche pleurera (fr)
- German: wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten (de)
- Greek: γελάει καλύτερα όποιος γελάει τελευταίος (geláei kalýtera ópoios geláei teleftaíos)
- Hebrew: צוֹחֵק מִי שֶׁצּוֹחֵק אַחֲרוֹן (tsokhék mi shetsokhék akharón)
- Italian: ride bene chi ride ultimo
- Japanese: 最後に笑う者が最もよく笑う (さいごにわらうものがもっともよくわらう, saigo ni warau mono ga mottomo yoku warau)
- Korean: 마지막에 웃는 자가 승자다 (majimage unneun jaga seungjada)
- Lithuanian: juokiasi tas, kas juokiasi paskutinis
- Luxembourgish: deen am leschte laacht, laacht am beschten
- Macedonian: кој последен се смее, најслатко се смее (koj posleden se smee, najslatko se smee)
- Norwegian: den som ler sist, ler best (no)
- Persian: شاهنامه آخرش خوشه (šâhnâme âxareš xoš-e), شاهنامه آخرش خوش است (šâhnâme âxareš xoš ast)
- Polish: ten się śmieje, kto się śmieje ostatni (pl)
- Portuguese: quem ri por último ri melhor (pt), ri melhor quem ri por último (pt), rirá melhor quem rirá por fim
- Romanian: cine râde la urmă, râde mai bine
- Russian: смеётся тот, кто смеётся после́дним (smejótsja tot, kto smejótsja poslédnim)
- Slovene: kdor se zadnji smeje, se najslajše smeje, kdor se zadnji smeje, ima zamudo
- Spanish: ríe bien el que ríe el último
- Swedish: skrattar bäst som skrattar sist (sv)
- Tagalog: nasa kanya ang huling halakhak
- Turkish: son gülen iyi güler
- Vietnamese: Cười người hôm trước, hôm sau người cười.
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