concern oneself with

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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

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

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 virtues are a tendency to mysticism, a need to concern oneself with the unseen; the vices, a non-immunity to fanaticism and bigotry.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth

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