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"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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This quote has also been attributed to Gabriel García Márquez, in Spanish: "No llores porque ya se terminó, sonríe porque sucedió." — Compare lines from In Memoriam A.H.H. of Tennyson: &emsp;&emsp;'Tis better to have loved and lost &emsp;&emsp;Than never to have loved at all.

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This quote has also been attributed to Gabriel García Márquez, in Spanish: "No llores porque ya se terminó, sonríe porque sucedió." — Compare lines from In Memoriam A.H.H. of Tennyson: &emsp;&emsp;'Tis better to have loved and lost &emsp;&emsp;Than never to have loved at all.