"A stone thrown at the right time is better than gold given at the wrong time."
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I may be wrong, but to me it means sometimes waiting for the right moment and being patient and wise is more helpful and beneficial then taking the "easy way out", i.e. the gold. Reminds me of the Chinese proverb "give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime."