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Charity begins at home

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Charity begins at home.
something that you say which means you should try to help your family and friends before you help other people. You ought to stay in and look after your father. Charity begins at home.
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Following the dictum that charity begins at home, Texas' Culinary Academy of Austin holds a regular "pantry challenge.
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So I would agree with Lehmann's "non-Buddhist homily," charity begins at home.
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And, of course, charity begins at home, by tending to the needs of the sick or the poor in our own lives.
EDITORIAL CHARITIES NEED HELP TIME TO DIG DEEPER by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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