YOU SAID:

Better have it and not need it then need it and not have it.

INTO JAPANESE

持っていて必要ないというよりは、必要があって持っていないほうがいい。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

It is better to have and not have than to have and not need.

INTO JAPANESE

持っていて必要がないよりも、持っていて持っていないほうがよい。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

It is better to have and not have than to have and not need.