concern oneself
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And in any case, if trouble can be deferred until to-morrow, why concern oneself over it?
From 54-40 or Fight by Hough, Emerson
When it is at all possible, and in most cases it is, one ought to concern oneself with a man's style,—the handwriting of his soul.
From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf
V. pass one's time in, employ one's time in, spend one's time in; employ oneself in, employ oneself upon; occupy oneself with, concern oneself with; make it one's business &c. n.; undertake &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
Until one has fulfilled the first, it is futile to concern oneself with the second.
From The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man by Johnston, Charles
Jacob desired to know also about the flocks, for it is a duty to concern oneself about the welfare of anything from which one derives profit.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 by Szold, Henrietta