weep and you weep alone.

weep and you weep alone.
Laugh and the world laughs with you & weep and you weep alone.
Prov.When you are happy, people will want to be around you and share your happiness, but when you are sad, people will avoid you. •

Nancy: When Harry and I were dating, all our friends invited us places and called to say hello. Now that we've broken up, they treat me as if I don't exist. Jane: Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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