The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (499 page)
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SING before breakfast, cry before night
Also occurs in reverse form; see quot. 1954.
1530
L'éclaircissement de la Langue Française
404
You waxe mery this morning god gyue grace you wepe nat or [before] nyght.
1611
Dict. French & English
s.v. Soir,
Some laugh amornings who ere night shed teares.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
332
They that laugh in the Morning may greet [weep] e'er Night.
1940
Our First Murder
xii.
‘You remember the saying. “Sing before breakfast—”’ ‘Oh dear—“cry before night.”’
1954
Katherine
xxxi.
Cry before breakfast, sing before supper.
merriment
1530L'éclaircissement de la Langue Française
404
You waxe mery this morning god gyue grace you wepe nat or [before] nyght.
1611
Dict. French & English
s.v. Soir,
Some laugh amornings who ere night shed teares.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
332
They that laugh in the Morning may greet [weep] e'er Night.
1940
Our First Murder
xii.
‘You remember the saying. “Sing before breakfast—”’ ‘Oh dear—“cry before night.”’
1954
Katherine
xxxi.
Cry before breakfast, sing before supper.
merrimentsing
single
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