better safe than sorry

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46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: ehtiyat igidin yaraşığıdır — it is preferable to be cautious
• Bulgarian: който сам се пази и Бог го пази (kojto sam se pazi i Bog go pazi) — it is preferable to be cautious
• Chinese Mandarin: 小心駛得萬年船 /小心驶得万年船 (xiǎoxīn shǐ dé wàn nián chuán) — it is preferable to be cautious
• Faroese: betur fyrivarin enn eftirsnarin — it is preferable to be cautious
• Finnish: parempi virsta väärää kuin vaaksa vaaraa — it is preferable to be cautious
• Finnish: varmuus on aina paras — it is preferable to be cautious
• Finnish: parempi katsoa kuin katua — it is preferable to be cautious
• French: mieux vaut prévenir que guérir — it is preferable to be cautious
• German: Vorsicht ist besser als Nachsicht — it is preferable to be cautious
• Greek: κάλλιο γαϊδουρόδενε παρά γαϊδουρογύρευε (kállio gaïdouródene pará gaïdourogýreve) — it is preferable to be cautious
• Hebrew: עדיף להיזהר מלהצטער — it is preferable to be cautious
• Hungarian: jobb félni, mint megijedni — it is preferable to be cautious
• Icelandic: það er betra að hafa vaðið fyrir neðan sig — it is preferable to be cautious
• Icelandic: allur er varinn góður — it is preferable to be cautious
• Irish: is fearr glas ná amhras — it is preferable to be cautious
• Italian: la prudenza non è mai troppa — it is preferable to be cautious
• Italian: meglio prevenire che curare — it is preferable to be cautious
• Japanese: 転ばぬ先の杖 (korobanu saki no tsue) — it is preferable to be cautious
• Macedonian: подобро спречи, отколку лечи (podobro spreči, otkolku leči) — it is preferable to be cautious
• Macedonian: двапати мери, еднаш сечи (dvapati meri, ednaš seči) — it is preferable to be cautious
• Malay: بيار لمبت اصلکن سلامت — it is preferable to be cautious
• Malay: ايڠت سبلوم کنا, جيمت سبلوم هابيس — it is preferable to be cautious
• Malay: سسل دهولو ڤنداڤتن, سسل کمودين تق برݢونا — it is preferable to be cautious
• Malay: biar lambat asalkan selamat — it is preferable to be cautious
• Malay: ingat sebelum kena, jimat sebelum habis — it is preferable to be cautious
• Malay: sesal dahulu pendapatan, sesal kemudian tak berguna — it is preferable to be cautious
• Norwegian: bedre føre var enn etter snar — it is preferable to be cautious
• Polish: gdyby kózka nie skakała, toby nóżki nie złamała — it is preferable to be cautious
• Polish: lepiej dmuchać na zimne — it is preferable to be cautious
• Polish: strzeżonego Pan Bóg strzeże — it is preferable to be cautious
• Polish: żeby kózka nie skakała, toby nóżki nie złamała — it is preferable to be cautious
• Portuguese: é melhor prevenir do que remediar — it is preferable to be cautious
• Russian: бережёного бог бережёт (berežónovo bog berežót) — it is preferable to be cautious
• Russian: лу́чше перебде́ть, чем недобде́ть (lúčše perebdétʹ, čem nedobdétʹ) — it is preferable to be cautious
• Russian: осторо́жность никогда́ не быва́ет ли́шней (ostoróžnostʹ nikogdá ne byvájet líšnej) — it is preferable to be cautious
• Russian: сказа́л бы слове́чко, да волк недале́чко (skazál by slovéčko, da volk nedaléčko) — it is preferable to be cautious
• Scottish Gaelic: 's fheàrr a bhith cinnteach na caillteach — it is preferable to be cautious
• Serbo-Croatian: bolje sprečiti nego lečiti — it is preferable to be cautious
• Spanish: más vale prevenir que curar — it is preferable to be cautious
• Spanish: más vale prevenir que lamentarse — it is preferable to be cautious
• Swedish: ta det säkra före det osäkra — it is preferable to be cautious
• Swedish: man kan aldrig vara nog försiktig — it is preferable to be cautious
• Urdu: دیر آئے درست آئے (der ā'ye durust ā'ye) — it is preferable to be cautious
• Vietnamese: cẩn tắc vô ưu — it is preferable to be cautious
• Vietnamese: cẩn tắc vô ưu, vô áy náy — it is preferable to be cautious
• Vietnamese: cẩn tắc vô áy náy — it is preferable to be cautious