"an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" meaning in Anglais

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Phrase

  1. Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir.
    Sense id: fr-an_ounce_of_prevention_is_worth_a_pound_of_cure-en-phrase-JhvyBU5Q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Compositions en anglais, Expressions en anglais, Locutions-phrases en anglais, Anglais
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