Definition
One should attend to one's own flaws or defects before presuming to advise others about theirs.
Origins
Calque of Ancient Greek ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν (iatré, therápeuson seautón) and Latin medice, cūrā tē ipsum, from Luke 4:23.
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.”"
Also Said As
- doctor, heal thyself
See Also
- charity begins at home
- cobbler, keep to your last
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
- the pot calling the kettle black
- tu quoque