charity begins at home

English

Proverb

charity begins at home

One should help the people closest to you before thinking of helping others.
- 1643, Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici‎:
  Charity begins at home, is the voyce of the world, yet is every man his greatest enemy, and as it were, his owne executioner.

Translations

you should help the people closest to you before helping others

Chinese:
Mandarin: 博爱始于家门；施舍先及亲友, 博愛始於家門；施捨先及親友 (bóaìshǐyújiāmén；shìshèxiānjíqīnyǒu)
French: charité bien ordonnée commence par soi-même (fr)

Kikuyu: wega uumaga na mũciĩ (goodness comes from home)
Latin: proximus egomet mihi
Russian: своя́ руба́шка бли́же к те́лу (ru) (svojá rubáška blíže k télu)

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