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Better late than never

Titus Livy

Phraseologism: Better late than never.

Meaning: Encouragement, approval of a person who has done, albeit belatedly, some necessary, important, noble deed. In any case, it's better than not doing it at all (jokingly ironic.).

Origin: From Latin: Potius sero, quam nunquam. For the first time this expression is found in the fourth book of the "History of the Roman People" by the largest historian of Ancient Rome, Titus Livy (59 BC-17 AD). Later, this expression will become a proverb in many languages. It will come to Russia as a translation from French: Mieux vaut tard que jamais. And for a long time this maxim sounded in Russian speech only in French.

Random phraseology:

Feast in Time of Plague.

Meaning:

The careless, merry life of the few during public calamities (contempt., disapproval).

Origin:

The name of the dramatic scenes (1832) by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837), written by the poet based on the poem (1816) by the English poet John Wilson "The Plague City".

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