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Prevention is better than cure

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

Preventing someone from falling is better than helping him get up.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

You can use salt to prevent meat from rotting, but what will you use to prevent salt from rotting?

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about use

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sadness, heads

Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living.

Proverbs and old sayings about being, death

You can't prevent a bird from flying over your head, but you can prevent him from making a nest in your head.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about heads

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about sadness, heads

A pretty basket does not prevent worries.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If a centipede loses a leg, it does not prevent him from walking.

Proverbs and old sayings

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Being well dressed does not prevent one from being poor.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about being

The frowning face of a goat doesn't prevent it being taken to market.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about being, face

Good care prevents accidents.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, good, good luck

Constant occupation prevents temptation.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about temptation, americans

It is better to do things when you can prevent them than to cry when you are already suffering and nothing can be done anymore.

Proverbs and old sayings about suffering, things, nothing

The man that serves is not prevented from being served in turn.

Proverbs and old sayings about being, man

A moment of patience can prevent a great disaster and a moment of impatience can ruin a whole life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about moment, disaster, patience, life

The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; The inferior doctor treats actual sickness.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The best doctor prevents illness, an average doctor visits when the illness is imminent, and the unskilled doctor treats your present illness.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about present