ProverbsTime & patience
Better late than never.
- How to say it
- más va·le tar·de que nun·ca
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More sayings: Time & patience
- No dejes para mañana lo que puedes hacer hoy.Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
- Paciencia, piojo, que la noche es larga.Patience, there’s plenty of time.
- Hay más tiempo que vida.Relax, there’s time. A very Tico way of saying “no rush”.
- No cuente los pollos antes de que nazcan.Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
- Todo a su tiempo.Everything in its own time.
- Nunca es tarde para empezar.It’s never too late to start.