FLEO

The notes here are taken from the actual Scala, so be warned that references to the "previous" proverb refer to its order in the Scala, not its order here. You can read more about the word at the Verbosum blog: FLEO.

Cum Deo quisque gaudet et flet. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.1.78.

Tempore gaudebis, mox post tua gaudia flebis.

Ride, cum tibi flendus eris. ~ Note: This is advice offered by Ovid in his Remedia Amoris, when he is urging the unhappy lover to laugh, hiding his grief from his beloved.

Aut ridenda omnia aut flenda sunt. ~ Note: Compare the English saying, "You've Got to Either Laugh or Cry."

Tempus flendi et tempus ridendi. ~ Note: This is another item from the list of famous gerund pairs in the Biblical Book of Ecclesiastes, 3.

Beati qui nunc fletis, quia ridebitis.

Est quaedam flere voluptas.

Damna fleo rerum, sed plus fleo damna dierum. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 211.

Is ridet, qui cras flebit. ~ Note: Note the contrast between present tense (ridet) and future (flebit).

Vespere flet crebro, qui risit mane sereno. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 1437.

Timidi mater non flet. ~ Note: This biting proverb is one that Erasmus includes in his Adagia, 4.6.12.

Mater timidi flere non solet.

Flere licet certe; flendo diffundimus iram.

Parce gaudebis, nam post tua gaudia flebis. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 845.

Vae tibi ridenti, nam mox post gaudia flebis!

Necessitatem ferre, non flere, addecet.

Ad novercae tumulum fles. ~ Note: You can also find the saying in this form: Ad novercae ploras tumulum.

Ad novercae sepulcrum fles.

Postquam gaudebis, rursum post gaudia flebis.

O homo, si scires, quidnam esses, unde venires, numquam gauderes, sed in omni tempore fleres. ~ Note: This is a verse couplet: O homo, si scires, quidnam esses, unde venires, / nunquam gauderes, sed in omni tempore fleres.