charity begins at home

English

Proverb

charity begins at home

1. One should help the people closest to oneself before thinking of helping others.
   • 1643, Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici‎^[1]:

     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 oneself before helping others

• Arabic: الأقربون اولى بالمعروف
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博愛始於家門；施捨先及親友／博爱始于家门；施舍先及亲友 (bó'ài shǐyú jiāmén; shīshě xiān jí qīnyǒu)

• Finnish: hyväntekeväisyys alkaa kotoa
• French: charité bien ordonnée commence par soi-même (fr)
• German: Wohltätigkeit beginnt zu Hause
• Irish: baist do leanbh féin ar dtús
• Kikuyu: wega uumaga na mũciĩ (goodness comes from home)
• Latin: proximus egomet mihi
• Polish: lepiej pomagać bliższym
• Russian: своя́ руба́шка бли́же к те́лу (ru) (svojá rubáška blíže k télu)
• Yoruba: ilé la ti ń kó ẹ̀ṣọ́ ròde