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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

One’s Own

One’s own hearth is worth gold.Dutch.

One’s own straw is better than an enemy’s wool.German.

One’s own thistle field is dearer to him than his neighbor’s garden of roses.German.

The smoke of our own country is brighter than fire abroad.Latin.

’Tis written “What’s not your own that let alone.”

To every one his own is not too much.German.

You may call that your own which no one can take from you.Danish.

Your cracked jug seems better to me than my sound one.Spanish.