physician, heal thyself
proverbEtymology
Calque of Ancient Greek ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν (iatré, therápeuson seautón) and Latin medice, cūrā tē ipsum, from Luke 4:23.
- calqued from medice, cūrā tē ipsum
- calqued from ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν
Definitions
One should attend to one's own flaws or defects before presuming to advise others about…
One should attend to one's own flaws or defects before presuming to advise others about theirs.
- “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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA