One's Own. Christy, Robert, comp. 1887. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages

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

One’s Own


One’s own hearth is worth gold. Dutch.	1
One’s own straw is better than an enemy’s wool. German.	2
One’s own thistle field is dearer to him than his neighbor’s garden of roses. German.	3
The smoke of our own country is brighter than fire abroad. Latin.	4
’Tis written “What’s not your own that let alone.”	5
To every one his own is not too much. German.	6
You may call that your own which no one can take from you. Danish.	7
Your cracked jug seems better to me than my sound one. Spanish.	8