To give tardily is to refuse.
More French Proverbs:
He has great need of a fool who makes himself one.French
Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it.
French
Since the wine is drawn it must be drunk.
French
When the Frenchman sleeps the devil rocks him.
French
Where the hedge is lowest men jump over.
French
No fishing like fishing in the sea.
French