Not the perversities of others, not their sins of commission or omission, but his own misdeeds and negligences should a sage take notice of.

Dhammapada · Verse 50

Sanskrit: public domain · English tr. F. Max Müller (public domain)

What it means

Mind your own faults before you weigh anyone else's.

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