Latincepotius sero quam numquam, potiusque sero quam numquam /ˈpɔ.ti.ʊs ˈseː.roː ˈkʷãː ˈnʊŋ.kʷãː/
better late than never
köken: potius (“better, rather”) + sērō (“late”) + quam (“than”) + numquam (“never”). This proverb is attested in the fourth book of Livy's Ab Urbe condita with an enclitic -que (“and”) attached to potius, which however should not be considered to be an actual part of the proverb.