Physician, heal thyself. 
Meaning and origin
This proverb is a reminder for doctors to take care of their own health and well-being before attending to others. It emphasizes the importance of self-care and self-healing in order to be able to effectively care for others.
The origin of this proverb can be traced back to the Bible, specifically in the Gospel of Luke (4:23) where Jesus is quoted as saying: "Physician, heal thyself." The concept of self-care and self-healing has been a common theme in ancient philosophical and religious texts, and this proverb serves as a timeless reminder of the importance of looking after oneself in order to be able to help others.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Mind your own business.
- Charity begins at home.
- The pot calls the kettle black.
- Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad.
- Borrowed garments never fit well.
- Sweep before your own door.
- Jeerers must be content to taste of their own broth.
- Name not a rope in his house that hanged himself.
- It is easy for a man in health to preach patience to the sick.
- Fear keeps the garden better than the gardener.
- Your pot broken seems better than my whole one.
- Like the gardener's dog, that neither eats cabbages himself, nor lets anybody else.
- The grass is always greener over the hill.
- One thief robs another.
- Men cut large thongs of Other men's leather.
- The kettle calls the pot black-brows.
- All men are free of Other men's goods.
- A hired horse tired never.
- Our neighbour's ground yields better corn than ours.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Medice, cura te ipsum.
Physician, heal thyself.
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Aliorum medicus, ipse ulceribus scates.
He who is the physician of others, heals the sores himself.
French
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Médecin, guéris-toi toi-même!
Physician, heal thyself!
German
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Arzt, hilf dir selbst.
Doctor, help yourself.
Czech
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Lékaři, uzdrav sám sebe.
Doctor, heal yourself.
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Doktore, uzdrav se sám.
Doctor, heal yourself.