# physician, heal thyself

> English word · Proverb

## Definitions
1. One should attend to one's own flaws or defects before presuming to advise others about theirs.

## Etymology
Calque of Ancient Greek ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν (iatré, therápeuson seautón) and Latin medice, cūrā tē ipsum, from Luke 4:23.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/physician-heal-thyself