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If everyone swept the pavement in front of his house, the whole street would be clean.
Chinese Proverb
Sweep around your own doorstep first.
American Proverb
Sweep the dirt from in front of your own door, and don't worry about your neighbour's.
American Proverb
Sweep before your own door before you sweep before others.
American Proverb
When you sweep the stairs, you start at the top.
German Proverb
If each person would sweep before his own house, the city would soon be clean.
Polish Proverb
If everyone swept in front of his house, the whole town would be clean.
Polish Proverb
If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean.
Italian Proverb
If you want to sweep the steps clean, start at the top.
Romanian Proverb
If every man would sweep his own door-step the city would soon be clean.
Welsh Proverb
New broom sweep clean, but de ole broom know de corner.
Jamaican Proverb
Sweep in front of your own door before you look after your neighbor's.
Dutch Proverb
Do not sweep someone else's home while yours is dirty.
Maasai Proverb
Sweep in front of your own door.
English Proverb
Let every one sweep before his own door.
German Proverb
May you have a bright future – as the chimney sweep said to his son.
Irish Proverb
New brooms sweep clean.
Italian Proverb
Each should sweep before his own house.
Hungarian Proverb
Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors.
Swedish Proverb
When you sweep the house, you find everything.
Yiddish Proverb
When a miller fights with a chimney sweep, the miller gets black and the chimney sweep gets white.
Yiddish Proverb
With a French sweep.
Dutch Proverb
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