better late than never

proverb

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.

Definitions

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

    • [after seeing the ghost of the Titanic arrive in New York Harbor] Well, better late than never.

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