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When a small hole appears in a piece of cloth, it can be easily repaired with a single stitch. On the other hand, if it is not sewed in time, it will widen more and more, and many stitches will be required to mend the cloth. A neglect of this simple duty, at the start, will turn the cloth into a useless scrap. Similarly, all difficulties of this kind can easily be prevented by taking timely action to remove them.
The proverb “A stitch in time saves nine” means that timely action in any matter saves him from a lot of troubles, loss, and waste. A person should do his duties in proper time. A person may suffer if he is lazy and leaves his work for tomorrow.
This phrase means that it is better to act sooner rather than later. Taking action to deal with a potential problem as soon as possible prevents larger problems from cropping up later.