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prevention is better than cure
- It is better to prevent the creation of a problem than to have to deal with it afterwards.
It is better to prevent the creation of a problem than to have to deal with it afterwards.
- Arabic: اَلْوِقَايَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْعِلَاجِ (al-wiqāyatu ḵayrun mina l-ʕilāji)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 預防勝於治療／预防胜于治疗 (jyu6 fong4 sing3 jyu1 zi6 liu4), 防患未然 (fong4 waan6 mei6 jin4), 未雨綢繆／未雨绸缪 (mei6 jyu5 cau4 mau4)
- Mandarin: 防患未然 (zh) (fánghuànwèirán), 未雨綢繆／未雨绸缪 (zh) (wèiyǔchóumóu), 預防勝於治療／预防胜于治疗 (yùfáng shèngyú zhìliáo)
- Danish: det er bedre at forebygge end at helbrede
- Dutch: voorkomen is beter dan genezen
- French: mieux vaut prévenir que guérir (fr)
- German: Vorbeugen ist besser als Heilen, Vorbeugung ist die beste Medizin
- Italian: prevenire é meglio che curare
- Japanese: 予防は治療に勝る (ja) (yobō ha chiryō ni masaru), 転ばぬ先の杖 (ja) (korobanu saki no tsue)
- Korean: 안 좋은 일은 생기고 난 뒤 해결하려고 하기보단 아예 생기지조차 않게 막는게 더 낫다 (an jo'eun ireun saenggigo nan dwi haegyeolharyeogo hagibodan aye saenggijijocha anke mangneun'ge deo natda)
- Malay: mencegah lebih baik daripada mengubati
- Polish: lepiej zapobiegać niż leczyć (pl)
- Portuguese: prevenir é melhor do que remediar
- Russian: профила́ктика лу́чше лече́ния (profiláktika lúčše lečénija), лу́чше боле́знь предотврати́ть, чем пото́м лечи́ть (lúčše boléznʹ predotvratítʹ, čem potóm lečítʹ), грамм профилактики стоит килограмма лечения (gramm profilaktiki stoit kilogramma lečenija)
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