Cure yourself before doctoring others — Mythoi

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Cure yourself before doctoring others.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Other aspects of wisdom. · Miscellaneous aspects of wisdom. · view the constellation · filed as J1062

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous aspects of wisdom.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Frog as beauty doctor unable to cure his own ugliness Doctor unable to cure himself scorned

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Value depends upon real use Pot calls kettle black Futility of trying to teach the stupid Results of labor lost in a moment of procrastination Man to be judged by his own qualities, not his clothes Never use your entire resources Value of silence Time renders all things commonplace Futility of distant travel Preciousness of untroubled sleep Futility of trying to hide an obvious deed Money does not always bring happiness Ignoring the unpleasant. Wise man refuses to react to unpleasantness. "I don't hear the unpleasant." Futility of expecting stranger to have one's interest at heart When the sweet fails try the bitter. Man pleads with thief who is stealing his figs. When pleading fails he brings him down from tree with stones. (Cf. J1581.2, T251.5.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Fortune-teller shows others how to get rich but remains poor himself. (Cf. J1062.)

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