Show popular proverb A proverb that seems to have run the gamut of all nations Is it li in too late to shut the stable door when the th horse Is stolen the english the french the dutch the danes the italians and even the hindus have applied this old truth and have made it a part of their language it in too late to cover the well when the child Is drowned say ay the danes the bird cries out too late when it Is taken Is one french version and the japanese put it thus it Is too late to cut a stick when the fight ts is over |