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Charity begins at home
Charity begins at home
Charity begins at home : Phrases
Meaning:
Be generous to your family before helping others.
Example:
He spends hours on volunteer work and neglects his own children, forgetting that charity begins at home.
Origin:
This phrase (c. 1380) was first recorded in English in John Wycliffe's Of Prelates: Charity should begin at himself.