a stitch in time saves nine

Etymology
From the practice of mending a small tear in cloth when first noticed ("in time"), before it becomes a larger one requiring more stitches.

Proverb

 * 1) A little effort expended sooner to fix a small problem prevents it from becoming a larger problem requiring more effort to fix later.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 小洞不補，大洞吃苦,, (half the work, twice the effect)
 * Danish: udsæt ikke til i morgen, det du kan gøre i dag
 * Dutch: werk op tijd maakt welbereid
 * Finnish: parempi oja tukkia kuin joki
 * French: un point fait à temps en épargne cent,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: meglio prevenire che curare, prevenire è meglio che curare, è meglio prevenire che curare
 * Japanese: 今日の一針明日の十針
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: é melhor prevenir do que remediar
 * Russian: оди́н стежо́к, сде́ланный во́время, сто́ит девяти́
 * Serbo-Croatian: ono što možeš učiniti danas, ne ostavljaj za sutra
 * Spanish: más vale prevenir que curar
 * Swedish: bättre att stämma i bäcken än i ån;
 * Turkish: bir mıh nal kurtarır, bir nal bir at kurtarır