charity begins at home en · X
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(idiomatic) One should help the people closest to oneself before thinking of helping others.
Charity begins at home, is the voyce of the world, yet is every man his greatest enemy, and as it were, his owne executioner.
1643, Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici:
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yo ilé la ti ń kó ẹ̀ṣọ́ ròde (one should help the people closest to oneself before helping others) · cmn 博愛始於家門；施捨先及親友 /博爱始于家门；施舍先及亲友 (one should help the people closest to oneself before helping others) · ar الأقربون اولى بالمعروف (one should help the people closest to oneself before helping others) · fi hyväntekeväisyys alkaa kotoa (one should help the people closest to oneself before helping others) · fr charité bien ordonnée commence par soi-même (one should help the people closest to oneself before helping others) · ru своя́ руба́шка бли́же к те́лу (one should help the people closest to oneself before helping others) · ki wega uumaga na mũciĩ (one should help the people closest to oneself before helping others) · de Wohltätigkeit beginnt zu Hause (one should help the people closest to oneself before helping others) · pl lepiej pomagać bliższym (one should help the people closest to oneself before helping others) · ga baist do leanbh féin ar dtús (one should help the people closest to oneself before helping others) · la proximus egomet mihi (one should help the people closest to oneself before helping others)