better late than never

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English

Etymology

Perhaps a calque of Latin potius sero quam numquam from the 4th book of Ab Urbe condita (History of Rome) by Titus Livius, around 27 BC.

Adverb

better late than never

  1. It is better to do something late, than to never do it at all.

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  1. ^ Butterfield, Bruce J. (1996) “Livy's History of Rome”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name) (HTML), Marquette University (mu.edu), archived from the original on 15 September 2012