physician, heal thyself
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Etymology[edit]
Calque of Ancient Greek ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν (iatré, therápeuson seautón) and Latin medice, cūrā tē ipsum, from Luke 4:23.[1]
Proverb[edit]
- Attend to your own defects before presuming to advise others about theirs.
- 1919, Sax Rohmer, chapter XXI, in Dope:
- “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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References[edit]
- ^ The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Luke 4:23.: “And hee said vnto them, Yee will surely say vnto me this prouerbe, Physition, heale thy selfe: Whatsoeuer wee haue heard done in Capernaum, doe also here in thy countrey.”
Further reading[edit]
- “physician, heal thyself”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Gary Martin (1997–) “Physician, heal thyself”, in The Phrase Finder.