It performed this task in the beginning and has always exercised the power of passing on books. By this transfer, the Pope points out, every danger of a collision, which might become very embarrassing, is evaded. The prevention of such collisions has indeed been one of the chief reasons for Pius X to undertake the complete reorganization of the Roman Curia.

In the next few days we'll announce the administration's new strategy for the prevention of drug abuse and drug trafficking.

Whatever cures are known, and preventions that are practiced now, could have been common knowledge centuries ago.

1659, Henry Hammond, A Paraphrase and Annotations upon All the Books of the New Testament, London: Richard Davis, The Gospel according to S. LUKE, Chapter 14, verse 3, p. 238,
And Jesus […] by way of prevention asked a question of the Doctors of the law and Pharisees that were present, saying, Is the working of a cure on a sick man a thing forbidden, and so unlawfull to be done upon a sabbath day?

an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure

an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure

an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

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