concern oneself with

Example Sentences

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I'll tell you something, Loth … Pshaw, why concern oneself with it at all.

From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I by Hauptmann, Gerhart

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

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

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

The thing to concern oneself with is the question, "which of these makes the nearer approach to the truth?"

From The Kempton-Wace Letters by London, Jack