an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
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—used to say that it is better and easier to stop a problem, illness, etc., from happening than to stop or correct it after it has started
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As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
The Pennsylvania Gazette published an anonymous letter stating that there was no wind on that particular night and that if the proper equipment had been available—an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as the letter put it—the outcome might have been different.
—Scott Z. Burns, airmail.news, 18 Jan. 2025
In fact, fashion is second only to the electronics in terms of CBP examinations, so an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
—Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
And, as always, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
—Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 9 Aug. 2023
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Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
The Pennsylvania Gazette published an anonymous letter stating that there was no wind on that particular night and that if the proper equipment had been available—an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as the letter put it—the outcome might have been different.
—Scott Z. Burns, airmail.news, 18 Jan. 2025
In fact, fashion is second only to the electronics in terms of CBP examinations, so an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
—Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
And, as always, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
—Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 9 Aug. 2023
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“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/an%20ounce%20of%20prevention%20is%20worth%20a%20pound%20of%20cure. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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