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An 'ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure' is the saying. It means that it normally takes less (an ounce) in time, resources to stop a problem from occurring than it does (a pound) to fix the problem after it has already occurred.
Benjamin Franklin - 'An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.'
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. ~Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Preparedness
1 (an) Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure.
A. preparedness
This is pretty much saying that its a hell of a lot better, safer and wiser to prevent yourself from acquiring a disease than to get the disease and spend time, effort and money trying to cure yourself.
There are 16 ounces in a pound. One ounce is 1 / 16 th of a pound. One half ounce would be stated as 1/32nd of a pound. There is 28 grams to an ounce.
Rule that usually works
If you do a little to prevent the infection, you won't need to do alot to cure it. If you wash your hands, you stop a strep throat infection. But if you don't, you could get the infection, and have to do alot to stop it.