Better late than never means it is still worth doing even though it is overdue. Well, better late than never, better late than never I suppose, as they say, better late than never.
It is usually said with a raised eyebrow rather than warmth, since the lateness is being noticed. The Latin version appears in Livy, which makes it about two thousand years old.
1phrasebetter late than neverIt is still worth doing even though it is overdue.
“Dad finally learned to swim at sixty, and he says better late than never.”
better late than never is a saying.
A translation of a Latin phrase found in Livy's history of Rome, written around 27 BC.
Latin
potius sero quam numquam
English, today
better late than never
Perhaps a Latin potius sero quam numquam from the 4th book of Ab Urbe condita (History of Rome) by Titus Livius, around 27 BC.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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