sooner the better, the

As quickly or early as possible, as in As for stopping that check, the sooner the better. This idiom was first recorded in 1477.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Margarita	mahr-gah-REE-tah (Spanish, Russian)	Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Late Roman
Saku	SAH-koo	Finnish
Donal	DO-nal	Irish
Mainio	MIE-nee-o	Finnish
JeĻEna	-	Latvian
Alejandra	ah-le-KHAHN-drah	Spanish