“Inutile piangere sul latte versato. (No use crying over spilled milk.)”
Francesca Marciano (1955) Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and writer
Source: Casa Rossa
"The Colbert Report," November 12, 2009.
“Inutile piangere sul latte versato. (No use crying over spilled milk.)”
Francesca Marciano (1955) Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and writer
Source: Casa Rossa
Example (musician) (1982) English rapper and singer
"Skies Don't Lie" (song) <br class="br"> ("Skies Don't Lie" on YouTube (with lyrics)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJToHBj8Eb4 <br class="br">Studio albums, Playing in the Shadows (2011)
“I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream?”
Katherine Paterson (1932) American children's writer born and mainly raised in China
“Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.”
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Often attributed to Dr. Seuss without citation; also cited as an anonymous proverb.
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:
  'Tis better to have loved and lost
  Than never to have loved at all.
Disputed
Variant: Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.