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"ref": "1643, Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici",
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"One should help the people closest to oneself before thinking of helping others."
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "الأقربون اولى بالمعروف"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "博愛始於家門；施捨先及親友"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "bó'ài shǐyú jiāmén; shīshě xiān jí qīnyǒu",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "博爱始于家门；施舍先及亲友"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "hyväntekeväisyys alkaa kotoa"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "charité bien ordonnée commence par soi-même"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "Wohltätigkeit beginnt zu Hause"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "baist do leanbh féin ar dtús"
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"code": "ki",
"english": "goodness comes from home",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "wega uumaga na mũciĩ"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "proximus egomet mihi"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svojá rubáška blíže k télu",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "своя́ руба́шка бли́же к те́лу"
},
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"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "ilé la ti ń kó ẹ̀ṣọ́ ròde"
}
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"word": "charity begins at home"
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"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "الأقربون اولى بالمعروف"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "博愛始於家門；施捨先及親友"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bó'ài shǐyú jiāmén; shīshě xiān jí qīnyǒu",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "博爱始于家门；施舍先及亲友"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "hyväntekeväisyys alkaa kotoa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "charité bien ordonnée commence par soi-même"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "Wohltätigkeit beginnt zu Hause"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "baist do leanbh féin ar dtús"
},
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"code": "ki",
"english": "goodness comes from home",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "wega uumaga na mũciĩ"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "proximus egomet mihi"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svojá rubáška blíže k télu",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "своя́ руба́шка бли́же к те́лу"
},
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"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "you should help the people closest to oneself before helping others",
"word": "ilé la ti ń kó ẹ̀ṣọ́ ròde"
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"word": "charity begins at home"
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