prevention is better than cure

English

Proverb

prevention is better than cure

1. It is better to prevent the creation of a problem than to have to deal with it afterwards.

Translations

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)

See also

• an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure
• a stitch in time saves nine
• better safe than sorry