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  An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

  A little precaution before a crisis occurs is preferable to a lot of fixing up afterward. (See also A stitch in time saves nine.)
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  It is easier to forestall a disaster than to deal with it. For example, The new law makes all children under twelve wear bicycle helmets—an ounce of prevention. This ancient proverb is first recorded in Latin in Henry de Bracton's De Legibus (c. 1240) and has been repeated ever since, often in shortened form.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

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1. A little precaution before a crisis occurs is preferable to a lot of fixing up afterward. (See also A stitch in time saves nine.)

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ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, an Idioms  

1. It is easier to forestall a disaster than to deal with it. For example, The new law makes all children under twelve wear bicycle helmets—an ounce of prevention. This ancient proverb is first recorded in Latin in Henry de Bracton's De Legibus (c. 1240) and has been repeated ever since, often in shortened form.

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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as the saying goes.

From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2016

"It's still true what Benjamin Franklin used to say," Tucker said: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2015

It is a very old saying that "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," but it is as true today as it was hundreds of years ago.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

Like a good doctor or lawyer, an able architect can usually get you out of trouble; but the ancient slogan, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," fits admirably here.

From If You're Going to Live in the Country by Frank Lieberman

The old adage, tried and true, that "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is never more correctly applied than here.

From Stammering, Its Cause and Cure by Benjamin Nathaniel Bogue