people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

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Proverb

People who live in glass house shouldn't throw stones .

1. Do not criticize others if you have weaknesses yourself.

Translations

one shouldn't criticize others for having the same fault

• Arabic: من كانَ بيتُهُ من زُجاج لا يرمي الناسَ بالحجارة (ar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勿道人之短 (cmn) (wù dào ren zhī duǎn), 禿子別罵和尚 (cmn), 秃子别骂和尚 (cmn) (tūzi bié mà héshàng), 自身毛病多，勿挑他人錯 (cmn), 自身毛病多，勿挑他人错 (cmn) (zìshēn máobìng duō, wù tiāo tārén cuò)

• Finnish: lasitalossa asuvan ei pitäisi heitellä kiviä (fi)
• French: c’est l’hôpital qui se fout de la charité (fr)
• German: wer im Glashaus sitzt, sollte nicht mit Steinen werfen (de)
• Hebrew: אם אתה גר בבית מזכוכית, אל תשליך אבנים על השכנים (he)

• Japanese: 猿の尻笑い (ja) (さるのしりわらい, saru no shiri warai)
• Portuguese:

  (Brazil): quem tem telhado de vidro não joga pedra no dos outros

• Russian: не пили сук, на котором сидишь (ru) (ne píli suk, na kotórom sidíšʹ)
• Scots: fowk wha leeve in gless hooses shoudnae thraw stanes
• Swedish: (man ska inte) kasta sten i glashus ([one should not] throw stones in houses of glass), (man ska) sopa rent framför egen dörr ([one should] sweep one's own doorstep)
• Turkish: dinime söven Müslüman olsa (tr)

See also

• hypocrisy
• pot calling the kettle black