the shoemaker's children go barefoot
English
Synonyms
- the cobbler's children are the worst shod
- shoemaker's son always goes barefoot
Translations
one often neglects those closest to oneself
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References
- John Heywood (1538), chapter XI, in Proverbes, Part I, page 147
- Robert Burton (1621) The Anatomy of Melancholy, page 2112
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