Do not mend your neighbor's fence before seeing to your own.


Tanzanian Proverb

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Riches have wings.
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As the person who has health is young, so the person who owes nothing is rich.
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You can't take it with you when you go.
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The gods sell all things at a fair price.
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Something you don't want is dear at any price.
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