A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE
This proverb serves as a warning against laziness and undue delay. Literally, the proverb means that if a piece of cloth shows rent or hole, it should be stitched without any loss of time. If we keep postponing it till another day, the hole will gradually We do so, it may require just one stitch. But if , on the other hand, become bigger and bigger requiring ten stitches (one plus nine: the word 'nine in the proverb means 'several more stitches': it has been used here in order to make it rhyme with the word "Time'). Moreover, by that time, the cloth may become completely useless, thus involving big loss in terms of time and money
This proverb is equally applicable to all spheres of human life. If a student reads his lessons daily and regularly, he will have full command over his studies and do well in life. But, if he goes on neglecting and postponing them till a later time,
that later time may not come at all because the habit of postponing would in course of time, become his nature Ultimately, he will find his lessons beyond him. He may break his head over them, but it will be of no avail.
If a crack appearing on a wall of a house is immediately repaired, the house may be saved from further destruction: but if the crack is overlooked or neglected, it may cost the owner his house itself. If a man having some misunderstanding with a friend quickly patches it up, the friendship is restored; but if the misunderstanding is allowed to continue, it may lead to an end of their friendship. Similarly, even serious illness can be cured if they are treated in right time. If treatment is delayed, they may become fatal.
What is true of personal and private matters is also true of social and national matters. Problems relating to the society and the nation should be faced and tackled at the right moment. If, instead of doing so, they are allowed to drift, they would assume dangerous proportions and cost the society and the nation dearly,
In the same way, if a child is found going astray, he should be brought back to the right path before it is too late; otherwise, his life may be ruined. This is a very useful proverb and we can benefit greatly by following in our lives the advice it gives.
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