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Full Idea
It is almost better never to become a good man at all than to do so tardily, understanding how to live when you have no life left.
Gist of Idea
There is not much point in only becoming good near the end of your life
Source
Michel de Montaigne (III.10 On Restraining your Will [1580], p.1142)
Book Ref
Montaigne,Michel de: 'The Complete Essays', ed/tr. Screech,M.A. [Penguin 1987], p.1142
A Reaction
A very nice perspective, which I don't recall Aristotle mentioning. It does, though, reinforce Aristotle's belief that early training is essential.