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Definition

One should attend to one's own flaws or defects before presuming to advise others about theirs.

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Origins

Calque of Ancient Greek ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν (iatré, therápeuson seautón) and Latin medice, cūrā tē ipsum, from Luke 4:23.

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In Context

  • "“You are really as bad as Margaret,” she declared. “There is nothing the matter with me. You talk of ‘curing’ me as though I were ill. Physician, heal thyself.”"
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Also Said As

  • doctor, heal thyself
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