all's well that ends well
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all's well that ends well
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Often believed to be from the title of William Shakespeare's play All's Well That Ends Well. More likely attributed to John Heywood (c. 1497 – c. 1580), who wrote plays for the royal court from the early 1530s onwards, some sixty years before Shakespeare made his way in the Elizabethan theatre. Although his book of proverbs was the first to use this phrasing, it originates even further back. In 1381, in J. R. Lumby’s Chronicon Henrici Knighton, the line ‘If the ende be wele, than is alle wele.’ seems to be a more likely origin.
proverb
- A happy ending makes up for everything that has happened before.
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proverb A happy ending makes up for everything that has gone before...
| Español | bien está lo que bien acaba, a buen fin no hay mal tiempo, a buen fin no hay mal principio |
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| 한국어 | 끝이 좋으면 다 좋다 kkeuchi jo'eumyeon da jota |
| 日本語 | 終わり良ければすべて良し owari yokereba subete yoshi |
| 中文 | 結局好，樣樣好 /结局好, 样样好 jiéjí hǎo, yàngyàng hǎo, 皆大歡喜 /皆大欢喜 jiēdàhuānxǐ |
| हिन्दी | अंत भला तो सब भला ant bhalā to sab bhalā |
| Português | tudo fica bem quando acaba bem, tudo está bem quando termina bem, bem está o que bem acaba |
| Français | tout est bien qui finit bien |
| Deutsch | Ende gut, alles gut |
| Italiano | tutto è bene quel che finisce bene, tutto è bene ciò che finisce bene |
| Ελληνικά | τέλος καλό, όλα καλά télos kaló, óla kalá |
| Română | totul e bine când se termină cu bine |
| Русский | всё хорошо́, что хорошо́ конча́ется vsjo xorošó, što xorošó končájetsja |
| עברית | סוֹף טוֹב הַכֹּל טוֹב sof tov hakkól tov |
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