Home » Quote » William Shakespeare » „Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.“ „Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.“ — William Shakespeare Related quotes „Rather than arriving five hours late and flustered, it would be better all around if he were to arrive five hours and a few extra minutes late, but triumphantly in command.“ — Douglas Adams „You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.“ — Ralph Waldo Emerson „Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.“ — Jean Paul Sartre „Preventing war is much better than protesting against the war. Protesting the war is too late.“ — Thich Nhat Hanh „I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.“ — Marilyn Monroe