better late than never

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谚语
  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.
    Their insolence and recklessness must be opposed, and better late than never.

词源

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.
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