Assertion: ounce | /r/HasProperty | worth
Facets:
value: a pound of cure
type: OTHER
value: a pound of wit
type: OTHER
value: in the first place
type: OTHER
value: in today
type: TEMPORAL
value: in 1915
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the 1920s
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: an ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit
text: Didn't anyone ever teach you that an ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit?
text: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
text: In the 1920s, one ounce of gold was worth $20.
text: In 1915, an ounce of gold was worth $488.66 per ounce in today
text: A great expression for that kind of behavior is, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
text: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” is one of his most famous sayings.
text: For example, if a country announces strong measures for containing a virus, we could say, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
text: Published on February 4, 1735, his letter -- “Protection of Towns from Fire” -- began with the expression “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
text: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
text: The Benjamin Franklin axiom that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is as true today as it was when Franklin made the quote.
text: He said, "In the first Place, as an Ounce of Prevention is worth a Pound of Cure, I would advise 'em to take care how they suffer living Coals in a full Shovel, to be carried out of one Room into another, or up or down Stairs, unless in a Warmingpan shut; for Scraps of Fire may fall into Chinks and make no Appearance until Midnight; when your Stairs being in Flames, you may be forced, (as I once was) to leap out of your Windows, and hazard your Necks to avoid being oven-roasted.
text: Preparation does, so today "an Ounce of Prevention is worth a Pound of Cure.