This saying is based on the long and mature experience of the ways of the world. It points out to the social relationship in this materialistic world, where people conduct themselves in a manner that exposes their true nature. Human life is a mixture of success and failure, and happiness and sorrow, which we have to face. It is a stark reality of life. These ups and downs of life provide valuable opportunities to know what is what. In this axiom the word laugh refers to happiness and joy, while the word weep refers to sorrow and grief. Happiness and sorrow occur in everybody's life. Their impact on human beings is universal. Happiness manifests itself in laughing, singing and dancing etc. While grief makes one weep cry and moan.
In this era of internationalism people talk of high idealism. It is said that the poverty of one nation in the world is matter of great concern to all other nations. It is also sermonized that human grief in any part of the globe must be shared equally by the rest of the world. Such assertions have become fashionable slogans for great world leaders, politicians and thinkers. These appear to be only for the consumption of other, because they suffer from a basic contradiction as witnessed in human character all over the world.
This saying means that everybody shares you happiness, but nobody would share your grief. It is easy and rather pleasant to associate with and join those, who are laughing, eating and dancing. Happiness and laughter are usually associated with celebration of auspicious ceremonies and remarkable achievements. These celebrations mark a sort of collective social festivity, in which, if not all, most of your acquaintances participate with great enthusiasm. The guest participants are generally not required to spend anything for their rejoicing. If you have enough resources you can practically invite the whole world to laugh and make merry with you. Human nature is such that it is in constant search of occasions to amuse itself. It likes amusement. That is why it is said, 'laugh' the world laughs with you'. It means that you can find any number of people to give you company in your happiness and enjoyment.
But, the position is quite different when you are in sorrow and grief. Human nature reacts unfavorably to things associated with sorrow and grief. All of us want to keep away from sorrow. we avoid all such things as may give us pain. It is a matter of common experience that few people sympathies with those who are in grief. even near relation and fast friends fight shy of extending a helping hand, what to say of acquaintances. Thus, one is left to weep all alone, when in grief.
This is way of the world. One who is happy does not need the society of others so much as one strike with grief. But in practical life what we see is that a man blessed with happiness is surrounded by large numbers to share his happiness. How cruel and selfish the world is!
The saying boils to the fact that in happiness and prosperity one is surrounded by a large number of persons, but in sorrow and grief one is left to weep alone. So much so that even those who might have at one time shared one's happiness and prosperity, are apt to keep aloof in adversity.
In this era of internationalism people talk of high idealism. It is said that the poverty of one nation in the world is matter of great concern to all other nations. It is also sermonized that human grief in any part of the globe must be shared equally by the rest of the world. Such assertions have become fashionable slogans for great world leaders, politicians and thinkers. These appear to be only for the consumption of other, because they suffer from a basic contradiction as witnessed in human character all over the world.
This saying means that everybody shares you happiness, but nobody would share your grief. It is easy and rather pleasant to associate with and join those, who are laughing, eating and dancing. Happiness and laughter are usually associated with celebration of auspicious ceremonies and remarkable achievements. These celebrations mark a sort of collective social festivity, in which, if not all, most of your acquaintances participate with great enthusiasm. The guest participants are generally not required to spend anything for their rejoicing. If you have enough resources you can practically invite the whole world to laugh and make merry with you. Human nature is such that it is in constant search of occasions to amuse itself. It likes amusement. That is why it is said, 'laugh' the world laughs with you'. It means that you can find any number of people to give you company in your happiness and enjoyment.
But, the position is quite different when you are in sorrow and grief. Human nature reacts unfavorably to things associated with sorrow and grief. All of us want to keep away from sorrow. we avoid all such things as may give us pain. It is a matter of common experience that few people sympathies with those who are in grief. even near relation and fast friends fight shy of extending a helping hand, what to say of acquaintances. Thus, one is left to weep all alone, when in grief.
This is way of the world. One who is happy does not need the society of others so much as one strike with grief. But in practical life what we see is that a man blessed with happiness is surrounded by large numbers to share his happiness. How cruel and selfish the world is!
The saying boils to the fact that in happiness and prosperity one is surrounded by a large number of persons, but in sorrow and grief one is left to weep alone. So much so that even those who might have at one time shared one's happiness and prosperity, are apt to keep aloof in adversity.
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