"physician, heal thyself" meaning in English

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Proverb

Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν (iatré, therápeuson seautón) and Latin medice, cūrā tē ipsum, from Luke 4:23. Etymology templates: {{clq|en|grc|ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν}} Calque of Ancient Greek ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν (iatré, therápeuson seautón), {{clq|en|la|medice, cūrā tē ipsum|notext=1}} Latin medice, cūrā tē ipsum Head templates: {{head|en|proverb}} physician, heal thyself
  1. One should attend to one's own defects before presuming to advise others about theirs. Synonyms: doctor, heal thyself Related terms: people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, the pot calling the kettle black, tu quoque Translations (Translations): ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν (iatré, therápeuson seautón) (Ancient Greek), أَيُّهَا ٱلطَّبِيبُ ٱشْفِ نَفْسَكَ (ʔayyuhā ṭ-ṭabību šfi nafsaka) (Arabic), metge, cura't a tu mateix (Catalan), 醫生,你醫治自己罷 /医生 (Chinese Mandarin), 你医治自己罢 (yīshēng, nǐ yīzhì zìjǐ bà) (Chinese Mandarin), medicijnmeester, genees uzelven (Dutch), geneesheer, genees uzelf (Dutch), parantaja, paranna itsesi (Finnish), médecin, guéris-toi toi-même (French), Arzt, hilf dir selber (German), Arzt, heile dich selbst (German), אָסְיָא אַסִּי חִגַּרְתָּךְ (ásya así ẖigartách) [Aramaic] (Hebrew), medico, cura te stesso (Italian), 医者の不養生 (isha no fuyōjō) (Japanese), medice, cura te ispum (Latin), врачꙋ̀, и҆сцѣли́сѧ са́мъ (vračù, iscělísę sámŭ) (Old Church Slavonic), lekarzu, lecz się sam (Polish), lekarzu, ulecz samego siebie (Polish), médico, cura-te a ti mesmo (Portuguese), вра́чу, исцели́ся сам (vráču, iscelísja sam) (Russian), médico, cúrate a ti mismo (Spanish)
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