It is never too late to mend.
Meaning: Mistakes and poor situations remain fixable at any age or stage, no matter how long you've waited.
Origin: A comforting old proverb, and the title of Charles Reade's 1856 novel It Is Never Too Late to Mend, about the reform of prisons and prisoners. It means it is never too late to change for the better.
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From our tongue twisters
- Chi è Ciccio Capece? Ciccio Capece è un capocaccia che caccia con la cacciaballa. — A 'c/ci/ccia' onslaught — Italian's hard and soft c in the same sentence, non-stop.
- O rato roeu a roupa do rei de Roma; a rainha com raiva roeu o resto. — An unstoppable 'r' trill drill — every key word begins or ends with the Portuguese r.
- Um tigre, dois tigres, três tigres tristes triscam trigo num trigal. — A 'tr' cluster drill that adds a sad adjective to make the alliteration worse.